X-Git-Url: https://code.delx.au/gnu-emacs/blobdiff_plain/70360d0cab4f5e9fa351cd131e45fa86401896c0..4079589f63c958582a74e403e74217d6b9c6c7a2:/INSTALL.CVS diff --git a/INSTALL.CVS b/INSTALL.CVS index 7e785fcac0..b8c42de27d 100644 --- a/INSTALL.CVS +++ b/INSTALL.CVS @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -Copyright (C) 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 +Copyright (C) 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 Free Software Foundation, Inc. See the end of the file for license conditions. @@ -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 @@ -31,20 +36,31 @@ once: (If you want to install the Emacs binary, type "make install" instead of "make" in the last command.) -Occasionally the file "lisp/loaddefs.el" will need be updated to -reflect new autoloaded functions. If you see errors about undefined -lisp functions during compilation, that may be the reason. Another -symptom may be an error saying that "loaddefs.el" could not be found; -this is due to a change in the way loaddefs.el was handled in CVS, and -should only happen once, for users that are updating old CVS trees. +Occasionally the file "lisp/loaddefs.el" (and similar *-loaddefs.el +files in some subdirectories of lisp/, e.g. mh-e/ and calendar/) will +need to be updated to reflect new autoloaded functions. If you see +errors (rather than warnings) about undefined lisp functions during +compilation, that may be the reason. Another symptom may be an error +saying that "loaddefs.el" could not be found; this is due to a change +in the way loaddefs.el was handled in CVS, and should only happen +once, for users that are updating old CVS trees. Finally, sometimes +there can be build failures related to *loaddefs.el. In that case, +delete them before following the instructions below to update them. -To update loaddefs.el, do: +To update loaddefs.el (and similar files), do: $ cd lisp $ make autoloads EMACS=../src/emacs If either of the above partial procedures fails, try "make bootstrap". +Very occasionally changes in the source can introduce +incompatibilities with previous builds. If a bootstrap fails, as a +last resort try "make maintainer-clean" before configuring and +bootstrapping again. If CPU time is not an issue, the most thorough +way to rebuild, and avoid any spurious problems, is always to use this +method. + Users of non-Posix systems (MS-Windows etc.) should run the platform-specific configuration scripts (nt/configure.bat, config.bat, etc.) before "make bootstrap" or "make"; the rest of the procedure is @@ -86,10 +102,10 @@ Host subversions.gnu.org This file is part of GNU Emacs. -GNU Emacs is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify +GNU Emacs is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by -the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option) -any later version. +the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or +(at your option) any later version. GNU Emacs is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of @@ -97,6 +113,4 @@ MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details. You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License -along with GNU Emacs; see the file COPYING. If not, write to the -Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, -Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA. +along with GNU Emacs. If not, see .