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[Emacs-diffs] Changes to emacs/INSTALL.CVS,v
From: |
Alan Mackenzie |
Subject: |
[Emacs-diffs] Changes to emacs/INSTALL.CVS,v |
Date: |
Mon, 09 Jun 2008 08:48:12 +0000 |
CVSROOT: /cvsroot/emacs
Module name: emacs
Changes by: Alan Mackenzie <acmacm> 08/06/09 08:48:12
Index: INSTALL.CVS
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RCS file: /cvsroot/emacs/emacs/INSTALL.CVS,v
retrieving revision 1.22
retrieving revision 1.23
diff -u -b -r1.22 -r1.23
--- INSTALL.CVS 8 Jun 2008 19:11:43 -0000 1.22
+++ INSTALL.CVS 9 Jun 2008 08:48:12 -0000 1.23
@@ -15,10 +15,15 @@
$ make bootstrap
The bootstrap process makes sure all necessary files are rebuilt
-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.
+before it builds the final Emacs binary. Unfortunately, it doesn't
+always work when there are stale files from a previous build in the
+directory tree.
+
+So if 'make bootstrap' fails, it may be necessary first to do 'make
+maintainer-clean' to clear out these stale files. You can then try
+again, starting with `./configure'. (Occasionally the loaddefs.el
+file gets into a bad state due to changes in the Lisp libraries; this
+procedure forces it to be regenerated.)
Normally, it is not necessary to use "make bootstrap" after every CVS
update. Unless there are problems, we suggest using the following
- [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, 2008/06/08
- [Emacs-diffs] Changes to emacs/INSTALL.CVS,v,
Alan Mackenzie <=
- [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