X-Git-Url: https://code.delx.au/gnu-emacs/blobdiff_plain/862f1c9c3a172cd704e286964705b06aaf68b7fa..f0398ec17f8a00d6c6d828c3d04522d94337d156:/INSTALL diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL index 83e393d50d..fc4b7da7cd 100644 --- a/INSTALL +++ b/INSTALL @@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ The names of the packages that you need varies according to the 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'. @@ -654,7 +654,7 @@ Here is a complete list of the variables you may want to set. 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 @@ -662,6 +662,10 @@ GNU software; the following variable is specific to Emacs. 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