Simplify compilation requirements.

[bpt/emacs.git] / INSTALL.CVS

diff --git a/INSTALL.CVS b/INSTALL.CVS
index 7e785fc..2ece25a 100644 (file)
--- a/INSTALL.CVS
+++ b/INSTALL.CVS
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-Copyright (C) 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007
+Copyright (C) 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008

   Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 See the end of the file for license conditions.
 
   Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 See the end of the file for license conditions.
 


@@ -16,6 +16,11 @@ instead of just "make":
 The bootstrap process makes sure all necessary files are rebuilt
 before it builds the final Emacs binary.
 
 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.)
+

 Normally, it is not necessary to use "make bootstrap" after every CVS
 update.  Unless there are problems, we suggest using the following
 alternative procedure after you have done "make bootstrap" at least
 Normally, it is not necessary to use "make bootstrap" after every CVS
 update.  Unless there are problems, we suggest using the following
 alternative procedure after you have done "make bootstrap" at least


@@ -31,20 +36,31 @@ once:
 (If you want to install the Emacs binary, type "make install" instead
 of "make" in the last command.)
 
 (If you want to install the Emacs binary, type "make install" instead
 of "make" in the last command.)
 

-Occasionally the file "lisp/loaddefs.el" will need be updated to
-reflect new autoloaded functions.  If you see errors 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.
+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.

 
 

-To update loaddefs.el, do:
+To update loaddefs.el (and similar files), do:

 
   $ cd lisp
   $ make autoloads EMACS=../src/emacs
 
 If either of the above partial procedures fails, try "make bootstrap".
 
 
   $ cd lisp
   $ make autoloads EMACS=../src/emacs
 
 If either of the above partial procedures fails, try "make bootstrap".
 

+Very occasionally changes in the source can introduce
+incompatibilities with previous builds.  If a bootstrap fails, as a
+last resort try "make maintainer-clean" before configuring and
+bootstrapping again.  If CPU time is not an issue, the most thorough
+way to rebuild, and avoid any spurious problems, is always to use this
+method.
+

 Users of non-Posix systems (MS-Windows etc.) should run the
 platform-specific configuration scripts (nt/configure.bat, config.bat,
 etc.) before "make bootstrap" or "make"; the rest of the procedure is
 Users of non-Posix systems (MS-Windows etc.) should run the
 platform-specific configuration scripts (nt/configure.bat, config.bat,
 etc.) before "make bootstrap" or "make"; the rest of the procedure is


@@ -88,7 +104,7 @@ This file is part of GNU Emacs.
 
 GNU Emacs is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
 it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
 
 GNU Emacs is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
 it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by

-the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
+the Free Software Foundation; either version 3, or (at your option)

 any later version.
 
 GNU Emacs is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 any later version.
 
 GNU Emacs is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,