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[gnu-emacs] / INSTALL.REPO

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@@ -1,10 +1,5 @@
             Building and Installing Emacs from the Repository
 
             Building and Installing Emacs from the Repository
 

-Simply run 'make'.  This should work if your files are freshly checked
-out from the repository, and if you have the proper tools installed.
-If it doesn't work, or if you have special build requirements, the
-following information may be helpful.
-

 Building Emacs from the source-code repository requires some tools
 that are not needed when building from a release.  You will need:
 
 Building Emacs from the source-code repository requires some tools
 that are not needed when building from a release.  You will need:
 


@@ -34,6 +29,12 @@ can invoke './configure -C'.  After configuring, build Emacs as follows:
 If you want to install Emacs, type 'make install' instead of 'make' in
 the last command.
 
 If you want to install Emacs, type 'make install' instead of 'make' in
 the last command.
 

+After your first build, you can usually just run 'make' after any
+updates from the Savannah repository or local edits; the makefile
+contains logic to re-run configure as needed. However, if the autoconf
+input files have changed, or in some other situations, you will need
+to run 'make bootstrap' (more below).
+

 Occasionally the file 'lisp/loaddefs.el' (and similar automatically
 generated files, such as 'esh-groups.el', and '*-loaddefs.el' in some
 subdirectories of 'lisp/', e.g., 'mh-e/' and 'calendar/') will need to be
 Occasionally the file 'lisp/loaddefs.el' (and similar automatically
 generated files, such as 'esh-groups.el', and '*-loaddefs.el' in some
 subdirectories of 'lisp/', e.g., 'mh-e/' and 'calendar/') will need to be