From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Emanuel Berg Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Compiling Emacs from Source Date: Wed, 08 Nov 2017 00:58:58 +0100 Message-ID: <86lgjhbpz1.fsf@zoho.com> References: <87d14w4byu.fsf@robertthorpeconsulting.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: blaine.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: blaine.gmane.org 1510099180 9782 195.159.176.226 (7 Nov 2017 23:59:40 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@blaine.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 7 Nov 2017 23:59:40 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.4 (gnu/linux) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Nov 08 00:59:36 2017 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@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 1eCDmJ-0002M9-Dw for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 08 Nov 2017 00:59:35 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:56358 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1eCDmQ-0007cx-TR for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 07 Nov 2017 18:59:42 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:54860) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1eCDlx-0007b1-U0 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 07 Nov 2017 18:59:15 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1eCDlt-00051l-63 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 07 Nov 2017 18:59:14 -0500 Original-Received: from [195.159.176.226] (port=34989 helo=blaine.gmane.org) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1eCDls-00050G-V0 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 07 Nov 2017 18:59:09 -0500 Original-Received: from list by blaine.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1eCDlh-00012U-88 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 08 Nov 2017 00:58:57 +0100 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Mail-Followup-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-Lines: 30 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@blaine.gmane.org Mail-Copies-To: never Cancel-Lock: sha1:XlAID7JVzNGG8rnaDVF1dTsN8kA= X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] [fuzzy] X-Received-From: 195.159.176.226 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.21 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" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:114802 Archived-At: Robert Thorpe wrote: > Recently there was some discussion about > upgrading Emacs. Package managers and distros > were discussed. > > I have a more basic question. The distro I'm > using doesn't provide Emacs 25, I'm still on > 24.4. So, I want to compile Emacs 25. > > The problem for me is the configuration > flags. I don't understand them that well. > What configuration flags would this > list recommend? I think it is very difficult to give a good answer *in general*... Isn't there a tutorial somewhere how to compile Emacs? Or even better, a script that figures it out for you :) I'm going to compile the latest version right now because I have an issue with Gnus and SSL/TLS, and got the suggestion I upgrade Emacs, so if that makes me any wiser with respect to this question I'll get back with details :) -- underground experts united http://user.it.uu.se/~embe8573