tags 679591 patch
thank you
I have been able to reproduce the problem while installing emacs24.
Updating the emacsen-install file from the current template shipped with
dh-make fixes the issue.
Cheers,
-Hilko
diff --git a/debian/emacsen-install b/debian/emacsen-install
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index a63618f..d57c857
--- a/debian/emacsen-install
+++ b/debian/emacsen-install
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ FLAGS=${SITEFLAG} -q -batch -l path.el -f batch-byte-compile
ELDIR=/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/${PACKAGE}
ELCDIR=/usr/share/${FLAVOR}/site-lisp/${PACKAGE}
+ELRELDIR=../../../emacs/site-lisp/${PACKAGE}
# Install-info-altdir does not actually exist.
# Maybe somebody will write it.
@@ -39,8 +40,8 @@ fi
install -m 755 -d ${ELCDIR}
cd ${ELDIR}
FILES=`echo *.el`
-cp ${FILES} ${ELCDIR}
cd ${ELCDIR}
+ln -sf ${ELRELDIR}/*.el .
cat EOF path.el
(setq load-path (cons . load-path))
@@ -48,9 +49,6 @@ cat EOF path.el
(setq byte-compile-warnings nil)
EOF
${FLAVOR} ${FLAGS} ${FILES}
-rm -f *.el path.el
-# Add back a symlink to the source file so that it is present on
-# load-path. Closes: #311382
-ln -s ${ELDIR}/python-mode.el
+rm -f path.el
exit 0
