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+To: vim_dev@googlegroups.com
+Subject: Patch 7.4.909
+Fcc: outbox
+From: Bram Moolenaar <Bram@moolenaar.net>
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+Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit
+------------
+
+Patch 7.4.909 (after 7.4.905)
+Problem:    "make install" fails.
+Solution:   Only try installing desktop files if the destination directory
+            exists.
+Files:      src/Makefile
+
+
+*** ../vim-7.4.908/src/Makefile	2015-11-02 12:50:49.756534398 +0100
+--- src/Makefile	2015-11-03 22:00:24.996063518 +0100
+***************
+*** 2213,2218 ****
+--- 2213,2219 ----
+  ICON48PATH = $(DESTDIR)$(DATADIR)/icons/hicolor/48x48/apps
+  ICON32PATH = $(DESTDIR)$(DATADIR)/icons/locolor/32x32/apps
+  ICON16PATH = $(DESTDIR)$(DATADIR)/icons/locolor/16x16/apps
++ DESKTOPPATH = $(DESTDIR)$(DATADIR)/applications
+  KDEPATH = $(HOME)/.kde/share/icons
+  install-icons:
+  	if test -d $(ICON48PATH) -a -w $(ICON48PATH) \
+***************
+*** 2227,2234 ****
+  		-a ! -f $(ICON16PATH)/gvim.png; then \
+  	   $(INSTALL_DATA) $(SCRIPTSOURCE)/vim16x16.png $(ICON16PATH)/gvim.png; \
+  	fi
+! 	$(INSTALL_DATA) $(SCRIPTSOURCE)/vim.desktop $(SCRIPTSOURCE)/gvim.desktop \
+! 		$(DESTDIR)$(DATADIR)/applications
+  
+  $(HELPSOURCE)/vim.1 $(MACROSOURCE) $(TOOLSSOURCE):
+  	@echo Runtime files not found.
+--- 2228,2238 ----
+  		-a ! -f $(ICON16PATH)/gvim.png; then \
+  	   $(INSTALL_DATA) $(SCRIPTSOURCE)/vim16x16.png $(ICON16PATH)/gvim.png; \
+  	fi
+! 	if test -d $(DESKTOPPATH) -a -w $(DESKTOPPATH); then \
+! 	   $(INSTALL_DATA) $(SCRIPTSOURCE)/vim.desktop \
+! 		$(SCRIPTSOURCE)/gvim.desktop \
+! 		$(DESKTOPPATH); \
+! 	fi
+  
+  $(HELPSOURCE)/vim.1 $(MACROSOURCE) $(TOOLSSOURCE):
+  	@echo Runtime files not found.
+*** ../vim-7.4.908/src/version.c	2015-11-02 17:35:37.335704679 +0100
+--- src/version.c	2015-11-03 21:56:28.394899507 +0100
+***************
+*** 743,744 ****
+--- 743,746 ----
+  {   /* Add new patch number below this line */
++ /**/
++     909,
+  /**/
+
+-- 
+From "know your smileys":
+ ;-0	Can't find shift key
+ ,-9	Kann Umschalttaste nicht finden
+
+ /// Bram Moolenaar -- Bram@Moolenaar.net -- http://www.Moolenaar.net   \\\
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