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authorGlenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>2008-06-08 19:11:43 +0000
committerGlenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>2008-06-08 19:11:43 +0000
commitef9e658b0863fce75920e8cdcb3d71577cd8d169 (patch)
tree6db10642e5159c361d285aa118cc5a9f4b545e5f /INSTALL.CVS
parentd6c3921bc63d4f63090c7e1b6432ec12cb31c80f (diff)
downloademacs-ef9e658b0863fce75920e8cdcb3d71577cd8d169.tar.gz
loaddefs are always fully regenerated on bootstrapping.
Mention esh-groups. Mention autogen-clean.
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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".