Bo Peng wrote: >> When LyX is run in place, lyx2lyx_version.py should be found in the >> build_support dir. IIRC, the build_support dir is not correctly spotted >> in a native Windows build. Run "lyx -dbg init" to check it. > > I am not quite sure how autotools handle lyx2lyx_version.py but for > scons, it is generated from lyx2lyx_version.py.in during installation. > It is placed in the destimation directory while autotools put it in > src/lib before copying to dest dir.
With autotools it is put in the build dir. For some reason it is not found there anymore, this has worked at some point. > That is to say, this file is only > available after 'scons install', and will not present in src/lib. It should indeed not be in src/lib, but in the build dir. For regulaar development one should not need to install LyX. Georg