On Mon, Oct 10, 2005 at 06:35:46PM -0400, Alexander K. Hansen wrote:
> On 10/10/05, Sebastien Maret <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > I have noticed that the emacsen-common-1.4.15-2 installation script
> > fails if /usr/local does not exist (which is the case if you move it
> > away to avoid linking againt libraries in it).
> >
> > The problem is in the PostInstScript:
> >
> > if [ ! -e %p/var/lib/emacsen-common/installed-flavors ]
> > then
> >   chmod 2775 /usr/local/share/emacs
> >   echo -n "" > %p/var/lib/emacsen-common/installed-flavors
> >   chmod 644 %p/var/lib/emacsen-common/installed-flavors
> >   echo -n "" > %p/var/lib/emacsen-common/installed-flavors
> > fi
> >
> > The chmod will fails if /usr/local does not exist.
> > (maintainer cc'ed)

The current form of that script is from:
http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=17203&atid=117203&func=detail&aid=1181501

Wherein my question related to that line was ignored.

> If you don't hear from the maintainer within some timeframe that you
> feel is appropriate, feel free to commit the change yourself.
> 
> (he hasn't been heard from in a while)

This package has been broken for a long time and others have given up
and updated it themselves. No reason for you to wait IMO.

dan

-- 
Daniel Macks
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.netspace.org/~dmacks



-------------------------------------------------------
This SF.Net email is sponsored by:
Power Architecture Resource Center: Free content, downloads, discussions,
and more. http://solutions.newsforge.com/ibmarch.tmpl
_______________________________________________
Fink-devel mailing list
[email protected]
https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-devel

Reply via email to