X-Git-Url: https://code.delx.au/gnu-emacs/blobdiff_plain/8a85c254de2528be0f3ff154fa24df65e6557c1a..d10c3edaf21ebbc424d452f3f0ca5c1e51487201:/INSTALL diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL index 8ecee65aaa..55320207fa 100644 --- a/INSTALL +++ b/INSTALL @@ -1,5 +1,6 @@ GNU Emacs Installation Guide -Copyright (C) 1992, 1994, 1996-1997, 2000-2014 Free Software Foundation, Inc. +Copyright (C) 1992, 1994, 1996-1997, 2000-2015 Free Software Foundation, +Inc. See the end of the file for license conditions. @@ -311,12 +312,13 @@ Use --enable-gcc-warnings to enable compile-time checks that warn about possibly-questionable C code. This is intended for developers and is useful with GNU-compatible compilers. On a recent GNU system there should be no warnings; on older and on non-GNU systems the -generated warnings may still be useful. +generated warnings may still be useful, though you may prefer building +with 'make WERROR_CFLAGS=' so that the warnings are not treated as +errors. -Use --enable-silent-rules to cause 'make' to chatter less. This is -helpful when combined with options like --enable-gcc-warnings that -generate long shell-command lines. 'make V=0' also suppresses the -chatter. +Use --disable-silent-rules to cause 'make' to give more details about +the commands it executes. This can be helpful when debugging a build +that goes awry. 'make V=1' also enables the extra chatter. Use --enable-link-time-optimization to enable link-time optimizer. If you're using GNU compiler, this feature is supported since version 4.5.0. @@ -464,8 +466,7 @@ installed locations, with `make install'. By default, Emacs's files are installed in the following directories: `/usr/local/bin' holds the executable programs users normally run - - `emacs', `etags', `ctags', `emacsclient', and - `grep-changelog'. + `emacs', `etags', `ctags', `emacsclient'. `/usr/local/share/emacs/VERSION/lisp' holds the Emacs Lisp library; `VERSION' stands for the number of the Emacs version