GNU/Linux distribution that you use, and the options that you want to
configure Emacs with. On Debian-based systems, you can install all the
packages needed to build the installed version of Emacs with a command
-like `apt-get build-dep emacs23'. On Red Hat systems, the
+like `apt-get build-dep emacs24'. On Red Hat systems, the
corresponding command is `yum-builddep emacs'.
path variables - `bindir' and `libexecdir'.
The above variables serve analogous purposes in the makefiles for all
-GNU software; the following variable is specific to Emacs.
+GNU software; the following variables are specific to Emacs.
`archlibdir' indicates where Emacs installs and expects the executable
files and other architecture-dependent data it uses while
see), is `/usr/local/libexec/emacs/VERSION/CONFIGURATION-NAME'
(where VERSION and CONFIGURATION-NAME are as described above).
+`GZIP_PROG' is the name of the executable that compresses installed info,
+ manual, and .el files. It defaults to gzip. Setting it to
+ the empty string suppresses compression.
+
Remember that you must specify any variable values you need each time
you run `make' in the top directory. If you run `make' once to build
emacs, test it, and then run `make' again to install the files, you