error building emacs due to ctl-x-6-map

error building emacs due to ctl-x-6-map

[Eric S Fraga]

Hello,

I have just updated emacs from git and tried building [1] and I get the
following error:

--8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
make[2]: Leaving directory '/home/ucecesf/git/emacs/lisp'
cp -f temacs bootstrap-emacs
rm -f bootstrap-emacs.pdmp
./temacs --batch  -l loadup --temacs=pbootstrap
Loading loadup.el (source)...
[...]
Loading /home/ucecesf/git/emacs/lisp/loaddefs.el (source)...
Symbol’s value as variable is void: ctl-x-6-map
make[1]: *** [Makefile:817: bootstrap-emacs.pdmp] Error 255
--8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---

Thanks,
eric

Footnotes:
[1] because doc-view is not working properly, flashing repeatedly with
     some comment about pdf->png being killed, so hoping that a more
     recent version works properly.

-- 
Eric S Fraga via Emacs 27.0.50 & org 9.2.6 on Debian bullseye/sid

Re: error building emacs due to ctl-x-6-map

[Lars Ingebrigtsen]

Eric S Fraga <e.fraga@ucl.ac.uk> writes:

> I have just updated emacs from git and tried building [1] and I get the
> following error:
>
> make[2]: Leaving directory '/home/ucecesf/git/emacs/lisp'
> cp -f temacs bootstrap-emacs

Try saying "make bootstrap".

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Re: error building emacs due to ctl-x-6-map

[Eric S Fraga]

On Tuesday, 22 Oct 2019 at 12:02, Lars Ingebrigtsen wrote:
> Try saying "make bootstrap".

This did it.  Thanks.

-- 
Eric S Fraga via Emacs 27.0.50 & org 9.2.6 on Debian bullseye/sid

Re: error building emacs due to ctl-x-6-map

[Lars Ingebrigtsen]

Eric S Fraga <e.fraga@ucl.ac.uk> writes:

> On Tuesday, 22 Oct 2019 at 12:02, Lars Ingebrigtsen wrote:
>> Try saying "make bootstrap".
>
> This did it.  Thanks.

I wonder whether we could make the Makefile say (on build failures)
"Consider trying "make bootstrap" to see whether that makes the problem
go away"?  I mean, this is a recurring problem.

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Re: error building emacs due to ctl-x-6-map

[Eric S Fraga]

On Tuesday, 22 Oct 2019 at 12:20, Lars Ingebrigtsen wrote:
> I wonder whether we could make the Makefile say (on build failures)
> "Consider trying "make bootstrap" to see whether that makes the problem
> go away"?  I mean, this is a recurring problem.

That would have indeed been useful in my case.  I do read (usually)
suggestions like this when they appear.

-- 
Eric S Fraga via Emacs 27.0.50 & org 9.2.6 on Debian bullseye/sid

Re: error building emacs due to ctl-x-6-map

[Colin Baxter]

>>>>> Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org> writes:

    > Eric S Fraga <e.fraga@ucl.ac.uk> writes:
    >> On Tuesday, 22 Oct 2019 at 12:02, Lars Ingebrigtsen wrote:
    >>> Try saying "make bootstrap".
    >> 
    >> This did it.  Thanks.

    > I wonder whether we could make the Makefile say (on build
    > failures) "Consider trying "make bootstrap" to see whether that
    > makes the problem go away"?  I mean, this is a recurring problem.

This is already in README.REPO, which for my sins I did not read when I
had a similar problem.

Best wishes,

Colin Baxter.

Re: error building emacs due to ctl-x-6-map

[Colin Baxter]

INSTALL.REPO, not README.REPO.

-- 
Colin Baxter.

Re: error building emacs due to ctl-x-6-map

[Eric S Fraga]

On Tuesday, 22 Oct 2019 at 12:03, Colin Baxter wrote:
> INSTALL.REPO, not README.REPO.

Ah, yes, <blush> I also did not read this. </blush>

-- 
Eric S Fraga via Emacs 27.0.50 & org 9.2.6 on Debian bullseye/sid

Re: error building emacs due to ctl-x-6-map

[Lars Ingebrigtsen]

Eric S Fraga <e.fraga@ucl.ac.uk> writes:

> On Tuesday, 22 Oct 2019 at 12:03, Colin Baxter wrote:
>> INSTALL.REPO, not README.REPO.
>
> Ah, yes, <blush> I also did not read this. </blush>

I don't think there's anything to blush about here.  :-)  Whenever we
make changes that require "make bootstrap" (or the like) to get past, we
get a bunch of bug reports and stuff, so we can only imagine how many
hours we waste collectively of people's time while each person trying to
build the tree is scratching their collective heads.

So we should provide some information where people will see it, which is
(I think) at the end of the failing build process.

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