Re: compile 28.2 with checkinstall

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: Laurent Arnoud <laurent.arnoud@platform.sh>
> Date: Wed, 7 Dec 2022 11:00:30 +0100
> 
> I've had the same issue when trying to compile emacs and install it with the 
> checkinstall tool that creates a
> quick Debian package.
> 
> Its my first patch to emacs hope it helps,
> Laurent
> 
> From 97cee991496e399e609f4f7631f36e75d68b36fd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
> From: Laurent Arnoud <laurent.arnoud@platform.sh>
> Date: Wed, 7 Dec 2022 10:55:28 +0100
> Subject: [PATCH] Use abs_srcdir for install from other pwd
> 
> when using checkinstall to package emacs it fail because
> of the relative path of publicsuffix.txt
> 
> More info at
> 
> https://emacs.stackexchange.com/questions/52926/installing-emacs-26-3

Can you explain why you must use abs_srcdir here, and what is special
about checkinstall that the absolute directory name must be used with
it?

Thanks.