From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Thien-Thi Nguyen Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: What should I do when building Emacs again with different configure options? Date: Sun, 28 Jul 2013 10:39:38 +0200 Message-ID: <87k3kbulh1.fsf@zigzag.favinet> References: <9nvc3w21uf.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> <878v0ra1ao.fsf@gmail.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="=-=-="; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature" X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1375000643 10303 80.91.229.3 (28 Jul 2013 08:37:23 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 28 Jul 2013 08:37:23 +0000 (UTC) Cc: help-gnu-emacs To: Hongxu Chen Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Jul 28 10:37:24 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 1V3MTi-0001Hi-Dn for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 28 Jul 2013 10:37:22 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:40106 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1V3MTh-0006qM-ML for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 28 Jul 2013 04:37:21 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:33246) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1V3MTP-0006mV-SY for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 28 Jul 2013 04:37:11 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1V3MTI-0003Zq-Hn for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 28 Jul 2013 04:37:03 -0400 Original-Received: from smtp206.alice.it ([82.57.200.102]:55819) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1V3MTI-0003ZB-77 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 28 Jul 2013 04:36:56 -0400 Original-Received: from zigzag.favinet (62.211.148.131) by smtp206.alice.it (8.6.060.28) id 51F28030004411F0; Sun, 28 Jul 2013 10:36:54 +0200 Original-Received: from ttn by zigzag.favinet with local (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1V3MW4-0005lN-Pi; Sun, 28 Jul 2013 10:39:48 +0200 In-Reply-To: <878v0ra1ao.fsf@gmail.com> (Hongxu Chen's message of "Sun, 28 Jul 2013 10:03:27 +0800") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.3 (gnu/linux) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-Received-From: 82.57.200.102 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:92484 Archived-At: --=-=-= Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable () Hongxu Chen () Sun, 28 Jul 2013 10:03:27 +0800 > Ah, I see, thank you. So could we remove the "./configure"? It > looks confusing. > > =3D=3D=3D modified file 'INSTALL' > --- INSTALL 2013-07-20 19:20:33 +0000 > +++ INSTALL 2013-07-27 22:27:32 +0000 > @@ -98,7 +98,6 @@ > first clean the source directories: > > make distclean > - ./configure > > Note that the install automatically saves space by compressing > (provided you have the `gzip' program) those installed Lisp > source (.el) Hi Fuqiao, I suggest you read a some tutorials about autotools. It's best to make the INSTALL text clearer for everyone, locally. Naked "./configure" can be confusing, true, and removing it doesn't help. So in this case perhaps adding some text is indicated. But what text and where? What is the most elegant way, in the context of "new configure options"? What concepts available to the expected audience can we use to convey this meaning? Must we be verbose? =2D-=20 Thien-Thi Nguyen GPG key: 4C807502 (if you're human and you know it) read my lisp: (responsep (questions 'technical) (not (via 'mailing-list))) =3D> nil --=-=-= Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAlH02M4ACgkQZwMiJEyAdQKDzgCeKBY2PhTi01Pm6X2cKAhD54Fv dgkAoOgof7HKmcZd23m3fl27m23YZs1v =Ly21 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-=-=--