bug#62480: closed (Re: bug#62480: Missing "configure")

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#62480: Missing "configure"

which was filed against the emacs package, has been closed.

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> Re: bug#62480: Missing "configure"
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> Mon, 27 Mar 2023 13:22:22 +0000
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> > it seems that there is no "configure" script in the git repo but it is 
> > pointed to from the INSTALL file.
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> > The INSTALL file does point to "./configure" script in bullet "2a". But 
> > there isn't such a script.
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> > I cloned from git
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> >    git clone https://git.savannah.gnu.org/git/emacs.git
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> > No "configure" in the master. I also tried "git checkout emacs-29". No 
> > "configure" there also.
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> Thanks for your bug report.
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> The instructions to build Emacs from a clone of the repository are in 
> INSTALL.REPO, not in INSTALL.  This is explained in the second paragraph 
> of the INSTALL file:
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> For information about building from a Git checkout (rather than an Emacs 
> release), read the INSTALL.REPO file first.
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> The main difference is that you should do "./autogen.sh" before 
> "./configure".
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> Closing.
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> Missing "configure"
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> Mon, 27 Mar 2023 08:45:22 +0000
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> Hello,
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> it seems that there is no "configure" script in the git repo but it is 
> pointed to from the INSTALL file.
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> The INSTALL file does point to "./configure" script in bullet "2a". But 
> there isn't such a script.
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> I cloned from git
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>     git clone https://git.savannah.gnu.org/git/emacs.git
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> No "configure" in the master. I also tried "git checkout emacs-29". No 
> "configure" there also.
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> This is not a support question about how to build. It is a bug report 
> about the documentation.
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> Kind
> Christian Buhtz
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