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authorGlenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>2008-06-08 19:00:38 +0000
committerGlenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>2008-06-08 19:00:38 +0000
commit90ce09190354b69fdffbd02c54b23dc6bbb4ed2e (patch)
tree8f3460752488737048af9180289e110302175f7a /INSTALL.CVS
parent4da498ebdf5433c239c2b43f9d56b1a18d0db5ed (diff)
downloademacs-90ce09190354b69fdffbd02c54b23dc6bbb4ed2e.tar.gz
There is no reason to not use the `-dP' options to `cvs update' every time.
Diffstat (limited to 'INSTALL.CVS')
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1 files changed, 1 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/INSTALL.CVS b/INSTALL.CVS
index 359b81cc3a3..37b12b7d2ff 100644
--- a/INSTALL.CVS
+++ b/INSTALL.CVS
@@ -10,7 +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
+ $ cvs update -dP
$ ./configure
$ make bootstrap
@@ -22,15 +22,6 @@ 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 update -d
- $ 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