(install-arch-indep): Fallback to $USER and `id -un' when changing

ownership of installed files.

diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 8b421d9d837ad19096a3b5edde255095821de76f..4a010f1863d86c534d668e40b2bffe1349be4a95 100644 (file)
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2007-10-31  Glenn Morris  <rgm@gnu.org>
+
+       * Makefile.in (install-arch-indep): Fallback to $USER and `id -un'
+       when changing ownership of installed files.
+
 2007-10-30  Glenn Morris  <rgm@gnu.org>
 
        * make-dist: Add new directory etc/gnus.

diff --git a/Makefile.in b/Makefile.in
index 5f1c186efac455631a81eafde382fef4e028dd02..f0f710b47116bac8644ec0f2327802733435b3f1 100644 (file)
--- a/Makefile.in
+++ b/Makefile.in
@@ -423,6 +423,12 @@ install-arch-dep: mkdir
 
 ## Note that the Makefiles in the etc directory are potentially useful
 ## in an installed Emacs, so should not be excluded.
+
+## installuser: 
+## http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2007-10/msg01672.html
+## Nuisance because i) it needs to be the user running install, so
+## configure can't set it; ii) can't (?) use the result of rule
+## commands to set make variables.
 install-arch-indep: mkdir info
        -set ${COPYDESTS} ; \
        unset CDPATH; \
@@ -436,6 +442,10 @@ install-arch-indep: mkdir info
        mkdir ${COPYDESTS} ; \
        chmod ugo+rx ${COPYDESTS} ; \
        unset CDPATH; \
+       for installuser in $${LOGNAME} $${USERNAME} $${USER} \
+         `id -un 2> /dev/null`; do \
+         [ -n "$${installuser}" ] && break ; \
+       done ; \
        for dir in ${COPYDIR} ; do \
          dest=$$1 ; shift ; \
          [ -d $${dir} ] \
@@ -444,7 +454,7 @@ install-arch-indep: mkdir info
              (cd $${dir}; tar -chf - . ) \
                | (cd $${dest}; umask 022; \
                    tar -xvf - && cat > /dev/null) || exit 1; \
-             find $${dest} -exec chown $${LOGNAME:-$$USERNAME} {} ';' ;\
+             find $${dest} -exec chown $${installuser} {} ';' ;\
              for subdir in `find $${dest} -type d ! -name RCS ! -name CVS -print` ; do \
                chmod a+rx $${subdir} ; \
                rm -rf $${subdir}/RCS ; \
@@ -492,7 +502,12 @@ install-arch-indep: mkdir info
           echo "Copying etc/$${docfile} to $(DESTDIR)${docdir} ..." ; \
           (cd ./etc; tar -chf - $${docfile}) \
             |(cd $(DESTDIR)${docdir}; umask 022; tar -xvf - && cat > /dev/null) || exit 1; \
-          (cd $(DESTDIR)$(docdir); chown $${LOGNAME:-$$USERNAME} DOC*; chmod a+r DOC*; \
+          (cd $(DESTDIR)$(docdir); \
+           for installuser in $${LOGNAME} $${USERNAME} $${USER} \
+             `id -un 2> /dev/null`; do \
+              [ -n "$${installuser}" ] && break ; \
+           done ; \
+           chown $${installuser} DOC*; chmod a+r DOC*; \
            if test "`echo DOC-*`" != "DOC-*"; then rm -f DOC; fi); \
        else true; fi
        -unset CDPATH; \
@@ -504,7 +519,12 @@ install-arch-indep: mkdir info
           echo "Copying lisp/*.el and lisp/*.elc to $(DESTDIR)${lispdir} ..." ; \
           (cd lisp; tar -chf - *.el *.elc) \
             |(cd $(DESTDIR)${lispdir}; umask 022; tar -xvf - && cat > /dev/null) || exit 1; \
-          (cd $(DESTDIR)${lispdir}; find . -exec chown $${LOGNAME:-$$USERNAME} {} ';') ; \
+          (cd $(DESTDIR)${lispdir}; \
+           for installuser in $${LOGNAME} $${USERNAME} $${USER} \
+             `id -un 2> /dev/null`; do \
+              [ -n "$${installuser}" ] && break ; \
+           done ; \
+           find . -exec chown $${installuser} {} ';') ; \
        else true; fi
        -unset CDPATH; \
        if [ -n "${GZIP_PROG}" ]; \

diff --git a/admin/FOR-RELEASE b/admin/FOR-RELEASE
index f92ea02935343a4035c0a0026e23abbdb291413a..41e10d233294cefc0d814980fd1ee50082a9ec8a 100644 (file)
--- a/admin/FOR-RELEASE
+++ b/admin/FOR-RELEASE
@@ -91,6 +91,9 @@ http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2007-10/msg01753.html
 
 ** sdl.web@gmail.com, 28 Oct: window-system in face definition
 
+** add README files for etc/gnus, etc/images/smilies/medium,grayscale
+update etc/images README files with any new images
+
 * DOCUMENTATION
 
 ** Check the Emacs Tutorial.