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List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "Emacs-devel" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.devel:294965 Archived-At: >>>>> On Thu, 08 Sep 2022 15:38:40 +0200, =C3=93scar Fuentes said: =C3=93scar> Robert Pluim writes: >>>>>>> On Thu, 8 Sep 2022 15:11:29 +0200, Christopher Dimech said: >>=20 >> >> Only when you=CA=BCre building from a git checkout, in which case= you >> >> should read INSTALL.REPO, which has that step. >> >>=20 >> >> Robert >>=20 Christopher> @Robert. I would then suggest to include what INSTALL and= INSTALL.REPO Christopher> are meant for immediately at the beginning of README. >>=20 >> Line 8 of README: >>=20 >> The file INSTALL in this directory says how to build and install GNU >> Emacs on various systems, once you have unpacked or checked out the >> entire Emacs file tree. >>=20 >> although perhaps that 'checked out' bit should be removed or refer to >> INSTALL.REPO. =C3=93scar> You are supposed to use the instructions on INSTALL for bui= lding an =C3=93scar> Emacs checkout too. Among those instructions, at the beginn= ing, it is =C3=93scar> said that you must start with the steps written in INSTALL.= REPO in case =C3=93scar> you are building a checkout. =C3=93scar> It looks fine to me. It=CA=BCs easy to miss the referral to INSTALL.REPO at the start of INSTALL. Would it do any harm to refer to it from README as well? Robert --=20