X-Git-Url: https://git.hcoop.net/bpt/emacs.git/blobdiff_plain/1ba538094c4cd3da172d91878fa76d96c6b1cbd2..c01b997152fb916ce687577b03898372e0a404b2:/INSTALL.CVS diff --git a/INSTALL.CVS b/INSTALL.CVS index 94025678ac..efd8618ca4 100644 --- a/INSTALL.CVS +++ b/INSTALL.CVS @@ -1,3 +1,8 @@ +Copyright (C) 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 + 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 @@ -12,8 +17,9 @@ The bootstrap process makes sure all necessary files are rebuilt before it builds the final Emacs binary. Normally, it is not necessary to use "make bootstrap" after every CVS -update. Unless there are problems, we suggest the following -procedure: +update. Unless there are problems, we suggest using the following +alternative procedure after you have done "make bootstrap" at least +once: $ ./configure $ make @@ -25,24 +31,26 @@ procedure: (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" 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. To update loaddefs.el, do: $ cd lisp $ make autoloads EMACS=../src/emacs -If either of above procedures fails, try "make bootstrap". +If either of the above partial procedures fails, try "make bootstrap". 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 -applicable to those systems as well. +applicable to those systems as well, except that the value of the +EMACS variable on the Make command line might be different, e.g., +../bin/emacs.exe or some such. Questions, requests, and bug reports about the CVS versions of Emacs should be sent to emacs-pretest-bug@gnu.org rather than gnu.emacs.help @@ -57,8 +65,8 @@ Write access to the CVS repository requires using SSH v2. If you execute cvs commands inside Emacs, specifically if you use pcl-cvs, output from CVS may be lost due to a problem in the -interface between ssh, cvs, and libc. Corrupted checkins have -also been rumored to have happened. +interface between ssh, cvs, and libc. Corrupted checkins are +also known to have happened. To fix the problem, save the following script into a file, make it executable, and set CVS_RSH to the file name of the script: @@ -74,3 +82,21 @@ Host subversions.gnu.org Protocol 2 ForwardX11 no User YOUR_USERID + + +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 +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, +but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of +MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the +GNU General Public License for more details. + +You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License +along with GNU Emacs; see the file COPYING. If not, write to the +Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, +Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.