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diff --git a/INSTALL.REPO b/INSTALL.REPO index 5f6b7498bb5..ef488f3fd9c 100644 --- a/INSTALL.REPO +++ b/INSTALL.REPO @@ -8,9 +8,15 @@ directory on your local machine: To build the repository code, simply run 'make' in the 'emacs' directory. This should work if your files are freshly checked out -from the repository, and if you have the proper tools installed. If -it doesn't work, or if you have special build requirements, the -following information may be helpful. +from the repository, and if you have the proper tools installed; the +default configuration options will be used. Other configuration +options can be specified by setting a 'configure' variable, for +example: + + $ make configure="--prefix=/opt/emacs CFLAGS='-O0 -g3'" + +If the above doesn't work, or if you have special build requirements, +the following information may be helpful. Building Emacs from the source-code repository requires some tools that are not needed when building from a release. You will need: @@ -58,7 +64,16 @@ To update loaddefs.el (and similar files), do: If either of the above partial procedures fails, try 'make bootstrap'. If CPU time is not an issue, 'make bootstrap' is a more thorough way -to rebuild, avoiding spurious problems. +to rebuild, avoiding spurious problems. 'make bootstrap' rebuilds +Emacs with the same configuration options as the previous build; it +can also be used to rebuild Emacs with other configuration options by +setting a 'configure' variable, for example: + + $ make bootstrap configure="CFLAGS='-O0 -g3'" + +To rebuild Emacs with the default configuration options, you can use: + + $ make bootstrap configure=default Occasionally, there are changes that 'make bootstrap' won't be able to handle. The most thorough cleaning can be achieved by 'git clean -fdx' |