From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Alan Mackenzie Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: New build process? Date: Fri, 29 Jul 2011 12:36:15 +0000 Message-ID: <20110729123615.GB3557@acm.acm> References: <87zkjzzv21.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> <4E315807.5070703@harpegolden.net> <87tya6609b.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1311943151 844 80.91.229.12 (29 Jul 2011 12:39:11 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 29 Jul 2011 12:39:11 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: David Kastrup Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Jul 29 14:39:07 2011 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([140.186.70.17]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1QmmLJ-0001vQ-B3 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 29 Jul 2011 14:39:05 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:53890 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QmmLI-0004kY-L5 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 29 Jul 2011 08:39:04 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.92]:47294) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QmmLG-0004kS-0U for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 29 Jul 2011 08:39:02 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QmmLE-0007Io-FE for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 29 Jul 2011 08:39:01 -0400 Original-Received: from colin.muc.de ([193.149.48.1]:1765 helo=mail.muc.de) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QmmLE-0007Id-3T for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 29 Jul 2011 08:39:00 -0400 Original-Received: (qmail 24617 invoked by uid 3782); 29 Jul 2011 12:38:57 -0000 Original-Received: from acm.muc.de (pD9556427.dip.t-dialin.net [217.85.100.39]) by colin2.muc.de (tmda-ofmipd) with ESMTP; Fri, 29 Jul 2011 14:38:52 +0200 Original-Received: (qmail 5097 invoked by uid 1000); 29 Jul 2011 12:36:16 -0000 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <87tya6609b.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) X-Delivery-Agent: TMDA/1.1.5 (Fettercairn) X-Primary-Address: acm@muc.de X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: FreeBSD 4.6-4.9 X-Received-From: 193.149.48.1 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:142487 Archived-At: Hi, David. On Thu, Jul 28, 2011 at 02:46:40PM +0200, David Kastrup wrote: > David De La Harpe Golden writes: > > On 27/07/11 14:56, David Kastrup wrote: > >> The build process _is_ simple. The question is more about it being > >> discoverable. Adding two sentences to INSTALL in the line of > >> These are the installation instructions for compiling Emacs from a > >> distribution tarball. If you are working from a Bazaar checkout, > >> please refer to INSTALL.BZR. > > Note INSTALL does already say, right near the top: > > """ > > For information about building from a Bazaar checkout > > (rather than a release), also read the file INSTALL.BZR. > > """ > I honestly did not look. So we can chalk this discussion off as "Alan's > fault" and find something else to worry about. I agree. I'm a bit despondent that my request triggered off such a depressingly long thread. I would have been quite happy with Your first reply (for which many thanks). > -- > David Kastrup -- Alan Mackenzie (Nuremberg, Germany).