From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Xue Fuqiao Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: What should I do when building Emacs again with different configure options? Date: Sun, 28 Jul 2013 21:38:26 +0800 Message-ID: References: <9nvc3w21uf.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1375018739 17883 80.91.229.3 (28 Jul 2013 13:38:59 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 28 Jul 2013 13:38:59 +0000 (UTC) Cc: help-gnu-emacs To: Peter Dyballa Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Jul 28 15:39:02 2013 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1V3RBd-0004OU-4F for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 28 Jul 2013 15:39:01 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:36795 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1V3RBc-00049O-P5 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 28 Jul 2013 09:39:00 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:38185) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1V3RB5-0003cL-Vu for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 28 Jul 2013 09:38:29 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1V3RB5-0001wF-1a for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 28 Jul 2013 09:38:27 -0400 Original-Received: from mail-oa0-x235.google.com ([2607:f8b0:4003:c02::235]:48462) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1V3RB4-0001w0-Sf for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 28 Jul 2013 09:38:26 -0400 Original-Received: by mail-oa0-f53.google.com with SMTP id k14so11217567oag.12 for ; Sun, 28 Jul 2013 06:38:26 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=j6OanVStOw30rYE0VcyGUTz4U8yCKXMVFkQuibHzhkE=; b=T72vmZbvCkLAlzZZ20Fp/Ch6QeSfl1MB4BEyge1EN0cc5KqXoWJRZU+G2R0sBsZC+x ne+pyu6iIGYp2g7usG3bzsYF4Kiq1Hl9eZtmXYQbSaGVfe8NqOI4NtxaJkG8QZTSKuR0 yoQ6qqA3MF4GYkf5b9SrI4/PQeSf4X0Rmm/Pq9qF/XxNl5Q3yL1tmkFfr3V11adJfITG JQgmhibbTQtQBHX1oXnR3AXjHO1+LjDZharlJbxJSQjYLojxojXzYj3jxwmgNDxKxNkX lxfUOH5lkTN7DLAFAAnsQObOynNpIrepOQBKeXpm/GM6m5OaaFxNGIcwf0oCQ3yRdjPm KIrg== X-Received: by 10.43.159.198 with SMTP id lz6mr3925799icc.97.1375018706241; Sun, 28 Jul 2013 06:38:26 -0700 (PDT) Original-Received: by 10.42.28.3 with HTTP; Sun, 28 Jul 2013 06:38:26 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Error: Malformed IPv6 address (bad octet value). X-Received-From: 2607:f8b0:4003:c02::235 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:92488 Archived-At: On Sun, Jul 28, 2013 at 6:53 AM, Peter Dyballa wrote= : > > Am 28.07.2013 um 00:30 schrieb Xue Fuqiao: > >> So could we remove the "./configure"? > > No! Without invoking configure at least once after the 'make > distclean' or out-packing the sources no Makefile is there and so GNU > Emacs cannot be built. The configure run creates the Makefiles in the > top level directory and in sub-directories with some kind of sources > that need to be compiled to something more useful =E2=80=93 these are for > example the TEXI or LISP files, which become INFO or ELC files =E2=80=93 = and > the 'make distclean' removes these Makefiles. It might be useful to > document that configure can be invoked with arguments to prepare an > optimised build. And that the build/install options can be retrieved > by invoking "./configure --help"? Thanks for your reply. I think you misunderstood me. What I wanted to do is removing this line, not removing the configure process. > Or, if you want to remove something from the INSTALL file, then I'd recom= mend > > * intlfonts-VERSION.tar.gz > > These are pretty old bitmapped fonts. They cannot be used with GNU > Emacs' font shaping capabilities. The GNU Freefonts (FreeSerif, > FreeSans, FreeMono) exist and offer support for many scripts and > languages. Agreed. And (info "(efaq) How to add fonts") also needs changing. --=20 Best regards, Xue Fuqiao. http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/