From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Glenn Morris Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Recommended build procedure [was Re: [Emacs-diffs] Changes to emacs/nt/INSTALL, v] Date: Thu, 10 Apr 2008 13:53:37 -0400 Message-ID: References: <47FDE2DE.9080203@gnu.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1207850076 4717 80.91.229.12 (10 Apr 2008 17:54:36 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 10 Apr 2008 17:54:36 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Juanma Barranquero , Eli Zaretskii , Emacs Devel To: Jason Rumney Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Apr 10 19:55:04 2008 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1Jk0yd-0006TL-P1 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 10 Apr 2008 19:54:24 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Jk0y0-0001Wz-64 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 10 Apr 2008 13:53:44 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Jk0xw-0001WU-9v for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 10 Apr 2008 13:53:40 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Jk0xu-0001Vl-RJ for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 10 Apr 2008 13:53:39 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Jk0xu-0001Vf-Bf for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 10 Apr 2008 13:53:38 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([140.186.70.10]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1Jk0xu-0007d4-0D for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 10 Apr 2008 13:53:38 -0400 Original-Received: from rgm by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.67) (envelope-from ) id 1Jk0xt-0006K8-7h; Thu, 10 Apr 2008 13:53:37 -0400 X-Spook: AUTODIN Armani eavesdropping ICE Aladdin target threat X-Ran: YKsQl[ZREvC++?DGEa.2+?Uo,=Az (Jason Rumney's message of "Thu, 10 Apr 2008 10:50:22 +0100") User-Agent: Gnus (www.gnus.org), GNU Emacs (www.gnu.org/software/emacs/) X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Linux 2.6, seldom 2.4 (older, 4) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:94887 Archived-At: Jason Rumney wrote: >> Currently, the `recompile' target of nt/makefile.w32-in runs the >> `recompile' target of lisp/makefile. It would be perhaps more useful >> to run the `cvs-update' target introduced by Eli: >> > > That is not what INSTALL.CVS recommends. Perhaps it should. I think INSTALL.CVS should as a default recommend the most thorough way to rebuild. Then say "if you want to save time, you can try X,Y,Z; but it may not work". CPU time is cheap, and the time it takes to fully build Emacs is nothing special compared to other modern applications. Shortcuts just confuse people when they go wrong, and lead to lots of emails about spurious problems. The time it takes to sort out people's confusion is more expensive.