Remove the vc-dir-insert-directories global.

[bpt/emacs.git] / INSTALL.CVS

diff --git a/INSTALL.CVS b/INSTALL.CVS
index 2903835..b8c42de 100644 (file)
--- a/INSTALL.CVS
+++ b/INSTALL.CVS
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+Copyright (C) 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008
+  Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+See the end of the file for license conditions.
+
+
              Building and Installing Emacs from CVS
 
 Some of the files that are included in the Emacs tarball, such as
@@ -11,6 +16,11 @@ instead of just "make":
 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
@@ -26,20 +36,31 @@ 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" 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".
 
+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
@@ -77,3 +98,19 @@ Host subversions.gnu.org
      Protocol 2
      ForwardX11 no
      User YOUR_USERID
+
+\f
+This file is part of GNU Emacs.
+
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