bug#62480: Missing "configure"

bug#62480: Missing "configure"

[c.buhtz]

Hello,

it seems that there is no "configure" script in the git repo but it is 
pointed to from the INSTALL file.

The INSTALL file does point to "./configure" script in bullet "2a". But 
there isn't such a script.

I cloned from git

     git clone https://git.savannah.gnu.org/git/emacs.git

No "configure" in the master. I also tried "git checkout emacs-29". No 
"configure" there also.

This is not a support question about how to build. It is a bug report 
about the documentation.

Kind
Christian Buhtz

bug#62480: Acknowledgement (Missing "configure")

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bug#62480: Acknowledgement (Missing "configure")

[Jean Louis]

Just that it was not me to file this bug report, but I get the
confirmation message.

Maybe somebody used my e-mail address.

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bug#62480: Missing "configure"

[Gregory Heytings]

>
> it seems that there is no "configure" script in the git repo but it is 
> pointed to from the INSTALL file.
>
> The INSTALL file does point to "./configure" script in bullet "2a". But 
> there isn't such a script.
>
> I cloned from git
>
>    git clone https://git.savannah.gnu.org/git/emacs.git
>
> No "configure" in the master. I also tried "git checkout emacs-29". No 
> "configure" there also.
>

Thanks for your bug report.

The instructions to build Emacs from a clone of the repository are in 
INSTALL.REPO, not in INSTALL.  This is explained in the second paragraph 
of the INSTALL file:

For information about building from a Git checkout (rather than an Emacs 
release), read the INSTALL.REPO file first.

The main difference is that you should do "./autogen.sh" before 
"./configure".

Closing.

bug#62480: closed (Re: bug#62480: Missing "configure")

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#62480: Missing "configure"

which was filed against the emacs package, has been closed.

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From: Gregory Heytings <gregory@heytings.org>
To: c.buhtz@posteo.jp
Cc: 62480-done@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#62480: Missing "configure"
Date: Mon, 27 Mar 2023 13:22:22 +0000
Message-ID: <728618716bd42b8f35ac@heytings.org>


>
> it seems that there is no "configure" script in the git repo but it is 
> pointed to from the INSTALL file.
>
> The INSTALL file does point to "./configure" script in bullet "2a". But 
> there isn't such a script.
>
> I cloned from git
>
>    git clone https://git.savannah.gnu.org/git/emacs.git
>
> No "configure" in the master. I also tried "git checkout emacs-29". No 
> "configure" there also.
>

Thanks for your bug report.

The instructions to build Emacs from a clone of the repository are in 
INSTALL.REPO, not in INSTALL.  This is explained in the second paragraph 
of the INSTALL file:

For information about building from a Git checkout (rather than an Emacs 
release), read the INSTALL.REPO file first.

The main difference is that you should do "./autogen.sh" before 
"./configure".

Closing.



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From: c.buhtz@posteo.jp
To: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Missing "configure"
Date: Mon, 27 Mar 2023 08:45:22 +0000
Message-ID: <90daa5776102179e1cc3cdeca35de6b8@posteo.de>

Hello,

it seems that there is no "configure" script in the git repo but it is 
pointed to from the INSTALL file.

The INSTALL file does point to "./configure" script in bullet "2a". But 
there isn't such a script.

I cloned from git

     git clone https://git.savannah.gnu.org/git/emacs.git

No "configure" in the master. I also tried "git checkout emacs-29". No 
"configure" there also.

This is not a support question about how to build. It is a bug report 
about the documentation.

Kind
Christian Buhtz

bug#62480: Missing "configure"

[Eli Zaretskii]

tags 62480 notabug
thanks

> Date: Mon, 27 Mar 2023 08:45:22 +0000
> From: c.buhtz@posteo.jp
> 
> Hello,
> 
> it seems that there is no "configure" script in the git repo but it is 
> pointed to from the INSTALL file.
> 
> The INSTALL file does point to "./configure" script in bullet "2a". But 
> there isn't such a script.

INSTALL is for building a release tarball.  For building from Git,
please read INSTALL.REPO instead.