Add "Installing to a directory with non-ASCII characters in the name fails".

1 files changed, 8 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/etc/PROBLEMS b/etc/PROBLEMS
index 00bddb791c2..00dedc0c363 100644
--- a/etc/PROBLEMS
+++ b/etc/PROBLEMS
@@ -158,7 +158,6 @@ will run it under.  For details, see
 
 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=239344
 
-
 * Crash bugs
 
 ** Emacs crashes in x-popup-dialog.
@@ -2810,6 +2809,14 @@ with spaces in the value, eg --enable-locallisppath='/path/with\ spaces'.
 Using directory paths with spaces is not supported at this time: you
 must re-configure without using spaces.
 
+*** Installing to a directory with non-ASCII characters in the name fails.
+
+Installation may fail, or the Emacs executable may not start
+correctly, if a directory name containing non-ASCII characters is used
+as a `configure' argument (e.g. `--prefix').  The problem can also
+occur if a non-ASCII directory is specified in the EMACSLOADPATH
+envvar.
+
 *** On Solaris, use GNU Make when installing an out-of-tree build
 
 The Emacs configuration process allows you to configure the