From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Why does make run git? Date: Tue, 15 Aug 2017 20:08:40 +0300 Message-ID: <831sochi7b.fsf@gnu.org> References: <83bmo00yw7.fsf@gnu.org> <6d947774-836a-7286-4214-ddc5f516577f@cs.ucla.edu> <87bmngnccv.fsf@lifelogs.com> <87zib0lqdo.fsf@lifelogs.com> Reply-To: Eli Zaretskii NNTP-Posting-Host: blaine.gmane.org X-Trace: blaine.gmane.org 1502816933 29541 195.159.176.226 (15 Aug 2017 17:08:53 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@blaine.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 15 Aug 2017 17:08:53 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Ted Zlatanov Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Aug 15 19:08:49 2017 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by blaine.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1dhfKj-0007SC-73 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 15 Aug 2017 19:08:49 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:48977 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dhfKp-0007DR-Nu for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 15 Aug 2017 13:08:55 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:47823) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dhfKj-0007CP-EK for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 15 Aug 2017 13:08:50 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dhfKf-0003L0-2P for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 15 Aug 2017 13:08:49 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::e]:39071) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dhfKe-0003Kw-VG; Tue, 15 Aug 2017 13:08:45 -0400 Original-Received: from 84.94.185.246.cable.012.net.il ([84.94.185.246]:2169 helo=home-c4e4a596f7) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:256) (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1dhfKe-0000sS-81; Tue, 15 Aug 2017 13:08:44 -0400 In-reply-to: <87zib0lqdo.fsf@lifelogs.com> (message from Ted Zlatanov on Tue, 15 Aug 2017 12:58:27 -0400) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 2001:4830:134:3::e X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.21 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" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:217574 Archived-At: > From: Ted Zlatanov > Date: Tue, 15 Aug 2017 12:58:27 -0400 > > On Tue, 15 Aug 2017 08:52:30 -0700 Paul Eggert wrote: > > PE> Ted Zlatanov wrote: > >> perhaps CONTRIBUTE > >> and INSTALL should mention how to compile and run Emacs without running > >> Git or expecting a .git/hooks directory? > > PE> Those files already attempt to do that. In what sense do they fall short? What > PE> wording needs to be changed? > > I guess INSTALL doesn't deal with autogen.sh so it doesn't need changes. INSTALL is not relevant to building Emacs out of a Git checkout. The file you should be looking at is INSTALL.REPO.