* Confusion in INSTALL.CVS instructions
@ 2008-10-09 18:22 Harry Putnam
2008-10-10 2:24 ` Eric Hanchrow
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From: Harry Putnam @ 2008-10-09 18:22 UTC (permalink / raw
To: emacs-devel
Developers:
I found the `INSTALL.CVS' file that accompanies a cvs check out of
emacs sources to be confusing on what the progression of commands is
supposed to be.
Here is the section that I find confusing:
> Building and Installing Emacs from CVS
> Some of the files that are included in the Emacs tarball, such as
> byte-compiled Lisp files, are not stored in the CVS repository.
> Therefore, to build from CVS you must run "make bootstrap" instead
> of just "make":
> $ cvs update -dP
> $ make bootstrap
> Of course, if this is the first time you go through it, you'll need
> to do ./configure before the "make bootstrap".
> Normally, it is not necessary to use "make bootstrap" after every
> CVS update. "make" should work in 90% of the cases and be much
> quicker.
> $ make
> (If you want to install the Emacs binary, type "make install"
> instead of "make" in the last command.)
It's not clear if on a fresh checkout one is supposed to run both
`make bootstrap' and `make' or if `make bootstrap' takes the
place of `make'.
It may not have confused anyone else but I suspect it does.
I'm currently waiting for make bootstrap to finish.
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* Re: Confusion in INSTALL.CVS instructions
2008-10-09 18:22 Confusion in INSTALL.CVS instructions Harry Putnam
@ 2008-10-10 2:24 ` Eric Hanchrow
2008-10-19 2:34 ` Jay Belanger
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From: Eric Hanchrow @ 2008-10-10 2:24 UTC (permalink / raw
To: emacs-devel
>>>>> "Harry" == Harry Putnam <reader@newsguy.com> writes:
Harry> It's not clear if on a fresh checkout one is supposed to run
Harry> both `make bootstrap' and `make' or if `make bootstrap' takes
Harry> the place of `make'.
`make bootstrap' indeed takes the place of `make'.
--
[F]reedom is kind of a hobby with me, and I have disposable
income that I'll spend to find out how to get people more of it.
-- Penn Jillette
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* Re: Confusion in INSTALL.CVS instructions
2008-10-10 2:24 ` Eric Hanchrow
@ 2008-10-19 2:34 ` Jay Belanger
2008-10-19 3:06 ` Stefan Monnier
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From: Jay Belanger @ 2008-10-19 2:34 UTC (permalink / raw
To: emacs-devel; +Cc: jay.p.belanger
Eric Hanchrow <offby1@blarg.net> writes:
...
>>>>>> "Harry" == Harry Putnam <reader@newsguy.com> writes:
>
> Harry> It's not clear if on a fresh checkout one is supposed to run
> Harry> both `make bootstrap' and `make' or if `make bootstrap' takes
> Harry> the place of `make'.
>
> `make bootstrap' indeed takes the place of `make'.
I thought that `make' by itself would call bootstrap if necessary, so
only `make' is necessary.
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* Re: Confusion in INSTALL.CVS instructions
2008-10-19 2:34 ` Jay Belanger
@ 2008-10-19 3:06 ` Stefan Monnier
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From: Stefan Monnier @ 2008-10-19 3:06 UTC (permalink / raw
To: jay.p.belanger; +Cc: emacs-devel
Harry> It's not clear if on a fresh checkout one is supposed to run
Harry> both `make bootstrap' and `make' or if `make bootstrap' takes
Harry> the place of `make'.
>>
>> `make bootstrap' indeed takes the place of `make'.
> I thought that `make' by itself would call bootstrap if necessary, so
> only `make' is necessary.
Indeed. "make bootstrap" is only needed when after "cvs update" you
encounter some odd situation. After a fresh checkout, both "make" and
"make bootstrap" should be completely equivalent.
Stefan
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