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| author | Eric S. Raymond <esr@snark.thyrsus.com> | 2008-06-08 11:33:11 +0000 |
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| committer | Eric S. Raymond <esr@snark.thyrsus.com> | 2008-06-08 11:33:11 +0000 |
| commit | 8669e78f2071e6a17d3514ae1f46f792ce0a22e4 (patch) | |
| tree | fbf2dc692bf742df1177523415d2c316260a8825 /INSTALL.CVS | |
| parent | b2ee479e342c037f0e9774bdef54299bcf5fe8fe (diff) | |
| download | emacs-8669e78f2071e6a17d3514ae1f46f792ce0a22e4.tar.gz | |
Document when cvs -d up may be needed.
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diff --git a/INSTALL.CVS b/INSTALL.CVS index b8c42de27d5..54b2d561dcc 100644 --- a/INSTALL.CVS +++ b/INSTALL.CVS @@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ byte-compiled Lisp files, are not stored in the CVS repository. Therefore, to build from CVS you must run "make bootstrap" instead of just "make": + $ cvs update $ ./configure $ make bootstrap @@ -21,6 +22,15 @@ 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.) +If even 'make bootstrap' followed by 'make maintainer-clean' fails, it may +be that some reorganization of the tree has created a new subdirectory. Try +this: + + $ cvs -d update + $ make maintainer-clean + $ ./configure + $ make bootstrap + Normally, it is not necessary to use "make bootstrap" after every CVS update. Unless there are problems, we suggest using the following alternative procedure after you have done "make bootstrap" at least |