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author | Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org> | 2008-06-08 19:11:43 +0000 |
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committer | Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org> | 2008-06-08 19:11:43 +0000 |
commit | ef9e658b0863fce75920e8cdcb3d71577cd8d169 (patch) | |
tree | 6db10642e5159c361d285aa118cc5a9f4b545e5f /INSTALL.CVS | |
parent | d6c3921bc63d4f63090c7e1b6432ec12cb31c80f (diff) | |
download | emacs-ef9e658b0863fce75920e8cdcb3d71577cd8d169.tar.gz |
loaddefs are always fully regenerated on bootstrapping.
Mention esh-groups.
Mention autogen-clean.
Diffstat (limited to 'INSTALL.CVS')
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1 files changed, 13 insertions, 13 deletions
diff --git a/INSTALL.CVS b/INSTALL.CVS index 37b12b7d2ff..c2b1df622fd 100644 --- a/INSTALL.CVS +++ b/INSTALL.CVS @@ -18,9 +18,7 @@ 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.) +followed by configure before trying it again. Normally, it is not necessary to use "make bootstrap" after every CVS update. Unless there are problems, we suggest using the following @@ -37,20 +35,22 @@ 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" (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. +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 +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 (e.g. "required feature `esh-groups' +was not provided"). In that case, follow the instructions below. To update loaddefs.el (and similar files), do: $ cd lisp + $ make autogen-clean $ make autoloads EMACS=../src/emacs If either of the above partial procedures fails, try "make bootstrap". |