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| -rw-r--r-- | INSTALL.CVS | 8 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 3 deletions
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. |