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bug#53627: 29.0.50; Incorrect installation instructions
From: |
H. Dieter Wilhelm |
Subject: |
bug#53627: 29.0.50; Incorrect installation instructions |
Date: |
Sat, 29 Jan 2022 23:05:38 +0100 |
User-agent: |
Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/28.0.91 (windows-nt) |
worik <root@worik.org> writes:
> On 30/01/22 10:48, H. Dieter Wilhelm wrote:
>> worik <root@worik.org> writes:
>>
>>> * Downloaded: git clone https://github.com/Stazed/rakarrack-plus.git
What is this, an Emacs repo?
>> Please read INSTALL.REPO in the same directory, it says
>
> I can cope. I did not need that file. I was not asking for help. I
> was reporting a bug.
I'm not sure that this is a bug because in INSTALL it says:
This file contains general information on building GNU Emacs.
For more information specific to the MS-Windows, GNUstep/macOS, and
MS-DOS ports, also read the files nt/INSTALL, nextstep/INSTALL, and
msdos/INSTALL. For information about building from a repository checkout
(rather than a release), also read the file INSTALL.REPO.
Thus INSTALL is for installing from a release source archive and
INSTALL.REPO is for installing Emacs from a source repository.
> Having incorrect installation instructions in a file labeld INSTALL
> and repeating them in a file named README is a bug.
>
> It is not much help to have the correct instructions in some other file.
>
> cheers
>
> Worik
>
>>
>> Building and Installing Emacs from the Repository
>>
>> ...
>> To use the autotools, run the following shell command to generate the
>> 'configure' script and some related files, and to set up your git
>> configuration:
>>
>> $ ./autogen.sh
>>
>> You can then configure your build as follows:
>>
>> $ ./configure
>>
>>
>>> * Read INSTALL
>>>
>>> * Tells me to run `./configure`
>>>
>>> * That does not exist. README references it too
>>>
>>> * Must run `./autogen.sh` first