From: Robert Pluim <rpluim@gmail.com>
To: uzibalqa <uzibalqa@proton.me>
Cc: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>, help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Source code, git and cvs
Date: Thu, 20 Jul 2023 17:34:44 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87wmyuoauj.fsf@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <azyqv8pvVocXi7JsePf099A_1a--bMaSAff9cZSyu8o4EqshRW7wilpyJmiAW8uqFDtJuF81dCwHgbix-vhLbVEpj_QTawTQ-oSGnJJKRlY=@proton.me> (uzibalqa@proton.me's message of "Thu, 20 Jul 2023 15:09:44 +0000")
>>>>> On Thu, 20 Jul 2023 15:09:44 +0000, uzibalqa <uzibalqa@proton.me> said:
uzibalqa> ------- Original Message -------
uzibalqa> On Friday, July 21st, 2023 at 2:23 AM, Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> wrote:
>> > Date: Thu, 20 Jul 2023 13:58:25 +0000
>> > From: uzibalqa uzibalqa@proton.me
>> > Cc: uzibalqa via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
>> > help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
>> >
>> > I wonder why you have INSTALL and INSTALL.REPO
>> >
>> > Because if one gets the emacs source, wouldn't they want to build using instructions
>> > from INSTALL.REPO rather than from INSTALL ?
>>
>>
>> INSTALL is for building a release tarball. INSTALL.REPO is for
>> building a clone of the repository. They are different because some
>> files are present in the tarball, but not in the repository (they are
>> generated during the build from the repository).
uzibalqa> Can this detail be included in README ? Because currently README only
uzibalqa> describes INSTALL.
If you can read README, you can read INSTALL, which says, on line 11:
For information about building from a Git checkout (rather than an
Emacs release), read the INSTALL.REPO file first.
Robert
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2023-07-20 15:34 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 28+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2023-07-20 12:01 Source code, git and cvs uzibalqa
2023-07-20 13:38 ` Po Lu
2023-07-20 13:58 ` uzibalqa
2023-07-20 14:23 ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-07-20 15:09 ` uzibalqa
2023-07-20 15:34 ` Robert Pluim [this message]
2023-07-20 15:36 ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-07-20 15:47 ` uzibalqa
2023-07-20 16:35 ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-07-20 17:33 ` uzibalqa
2023-07-20 18:31 ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-07-20 19:12 ` uzibalqa
2023-07-20 20:10 ` uzibalqa
2023-07-21 5:22 ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-07-21 6:12 ` Po Lu
2023-07-21 10:43 ` uzibalqa
2023-07-21 10:59 ` uzibalqa
2023-07-21 11:18 ` uzibalqa
2023-07-21 12:30 ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-07-21 12:40 ` uzibalqa
2023-07-21 12:51 ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-07-21 4:27 ` tomas
2023-07-21 10:35 ` uzibalqa
2023-07-21 12:12 ` Po Lu
2023-07-21 12:52 ` uzibalqa
2023-07-21 14:20 ` [External] : " Drew Adams
2023-07-21 15:30 ` uzibalqa
2023-07-20 16:05 ` uzibalqa
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