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[Emacs-diffs] Changes to emacs/INSTALL.CVS,v
From: |
Glenn Morris |
Subject: |
[Emacs-diffs] Changes to emacs/INSTALL.CVS,v |
Date: |
Sun, 08 Jun 2008 19:11:44 +0000 |
CVSROOT: /sources/emacs
Module name: emacs
Changes by: Glenn Morris <gm> 08/06/08 19:11:43
Index: INSTALL.CVS
===================================================================
RCS file: /sources/emacs/emacs/INSTALL.CVS,v
retrieving revision 1.21
retrieving revision 1.22
diff -u -b -r1.21 -r1.22
--- INSTALL.CVS 8 Jun 2008 19:00:38 -0000 1.21
+++ INSTALL.CVS 8 Jun 2008 19:11:43 -0000 1.22
@@ -18,9 +18,7 @@
before it builds the final Emacs binary.
If 'make bootstrap' fails, it may be necessary to do 'make maintainer-clean'
-followed by configure before trying it again. (Occasionally the loaddefs.el
-file gets into a bad state due to changes in the Lisp libraries; this procedure
-forces it to be regenerated.)
+followed by configure before trying it again.
Normally, it is not necessary to use "make bootstrap" after every CVS
update. Unless there are problems, we suggest using the following
@@ -37,20 +35,22 @@
(If you want to install the Emacs binary, type "make install" instead
of "make" in the last command.)
-Occasionally the file "lisp/loaddefs.el" (and similar *-loaddefs.el
-files in some subdirectories of lisp/, e.g. mh-e/ and calendar/) will
-need to be updated to reflect new autoloaded functions. If you see
-errors (rather than warnings) about undefined lisp functions during
-compilation, that may be the reason. Another symptom may be an error
-saying that "loaddefs.el" could not be found; this is due to a change
-in the way loaddefs.el was handled in CVS, and should only happen
-once, for users that are updating old CVS trees. Finally, sometimes
-there can be build failures related to *loaddefs.el. In that case,
-delete them before following the instructions below to update them.
+Occasionally the file "lisp/loaddefs.el" (and similar automatically
+generated files, such as esh-groups.el, and *-loaddefs.el in some
+subdirectories of lisp/, e.g. mh-e/ and calendar/) will need to be
+updated to reflect new autoloaded functions. If you see errors (rather
+than warnings) about undefined lisp functions during compilation, that
+may be the reason. Another symptom may be an error saying that
+"loaddefs.el" could not be found; this is due to a change in the way
+loaddefs.el was handled in CVS, and should only happen once, for users
+that are updating old CVS trees. Finally, sometimes there can be build
+failures related to *loaddefs.el (e.g. "required feature `esh-groups'
+was not provided"). In that case, follow the instructions below.
To update loaddefs.el (and similar files), do:
$ cd lisp
+ $ make autogen-clean
$ make autoloads EMACS=../src/emacs
If either of the above partial procedures fails, try "make bootstrap".
- [Emacs-diffs] Changes to emacs/INSTALL.CVS,v, Eric S. Raymond, 2008/06/08
- [Emacs-diffs] Changes to emacs/INSTALL.CVS,v, Bastien Guerry, 2008/06/08
- [Emacs-diffs] Changes to emacs/INSTALL.CVS,v, Glenn Morris, 2008/06/08
- [Emacs-diffs] Changes to emacs/INSTALL.CVS,v,
Glenn Morris <=
- [Emacs-diffs] Changes to emacs/INSTALL.CVS,v, Alan Mackenzie, 2008/06/09
- [Emacs-diffs] Changes to emacs/INSTALL.CVS,v, Glenn Morris, 2008/06/09
- [Emacs-diffs] Changes to emacs/INSTALL.CVS,v, Glenn Morris, 2008/06/17
- [Emacs-diffs] Changes to emacs/INSTALL.CVS,v, Stefan Monnier, 2008/06/20