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authorJuri Linkov <juri@jurta.org>2009-01-11 23:07:09 +0000
committerJuri Linkov <juri@jurta.org>2009-01-11 23:07:09 +0000
commitfa5e8aa7ff1e49a6576797b2b4b8809f63c2cfc5 (patch)
treee563d7e267a01fdf49f1aae0c3cf049a65a165ae /INSTALL.CVS
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downloademacs-fa5e8aa7ff1e49a6576797b2b4b8809f63c2cfc5.tar.gz
Move configuration explicitly to the first step.
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diff --git a/INSTALL.CVS b/INSTALL.CVS
index 9960e1ac34e..bf27ea71625 100644
--- a/INSTALL.CVS
+++ b/INSTALL.CVS
@@ -5,6 +5,11 @@ See the end of the file for license conditions.
Building and Installing Emacs from CVS
+If this is the first time you go through it, you'll need to configure
+before bootstrapping:
+
+ $ ./configure
+
Some of the files that are included in the Emacs tarball, such as
byte-compiled Lisp files, are not stored in the CVS repository.
Therefore, to build from CVS you must run "make bootstrap"
@@ -13,9 +18,6 @@ instead of just "make":
$ cvs update -dP
$ make bootstrap
-Of course, if this is the first time you go through it, you'll need to do
-./configure before the "make bootstrap".
-
Normally, it is not necessary to use "make bootstrap" after every CVS
update. "make" should work in 90% of the cases and be much quicker.