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| author | Eric S. Raymond <esr@snark.thyrsus.com> | 2008-04-28 17:59:38 +0000 |
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| committer | Eric S. Raymond <esr@snark.thyrsus.com> | 2008-04-28 17:59:38 +0000 |
| commit | 1a93c12fb80002737f8d9f5f5940ff47c24072cb (patch) | |
| tree | 7cdfd87c54db4f7e89c513523c08b360a14d7cc7 /INSTALL.CVS | |
| parent | 23f250f4e11bba9628541bd6aeb26f90d0d0f08a (diff) | |
| download | emacs-1a93c12fb80002737f8d9f5f5940ff47c24072cb.tar.gz | |
Explain how to work awound an error case.
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diff --git a/INSTALL.CVS b/INSTALL.CVS index e115c6b623a..2ece25a73b7 100644 --- a/INSTALL.CVS +++ b/INSTALL.CVS @@ -16,6 +16,11 @@ instead of just "make": The bootstrap process makes sure all necessary files are rebuilt before it builds the final Emacs binary. +If 'make bootstrap' fails, it may be necessary to do 'make maintainer-clean' +followed by configure before trying it again. (Occasionally the loaddefs.el +file gets into a bad state due to changes in the Lisp libraries; this procedure +forces it to be regenerated.) + Normally, it is not necessary to use "make bootstrap" after every CVS update. Unless there are problems, we suggest using the following alternative procedure after you have done "make bootstrap" at least |