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comparison INSTALL.CVS @ 95722:7bf8d633ec50
Bootstrap now always starts from fresh loaddefs and similar files, so
maintainer-clean is no longer relevant to this issue.
| author | Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org> |
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| date | Mon, 09 Jun 2008 17:07:18 +0000 |
| parents | c8c89a82ad33 |
| children | b0615674c5b7 |
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| 19 always work when there are stale files from a previous build in the | 19 always work when there are stale files from a previous build in the |
| 20 directory tree. | 20 directory tree. |
| 21 | 21 |
| 22 So if 'make bootstrap' fails, it may be necessary first to do 'make | 22 So if 'make bootstrap' fails, it may be necessary first to do 'make |
| 23 maintainer-clean' to clear out these stale files. You can then try | 23 maintainer-clean' to clear out these stale files. You can then try |
| 24 again, starting with `./configure'. (Occasionally the loaddefs.el | 24 again, starting with `./configure'. |
| 25 file gets into a bad state due to changes in the Lisp libraries; this | |
| 26 procedure forces it to be regenerated.) | |
| 27 | 25 |
| 28 Normally, it is not necessary to use "make bootstrap" after every CVS | 26 Normally, it is not necessary to use "make bootstrap" after every CVS |
| 29 update. Unless there are problems, we suggest using the following | 27 update. Unless there are problems, we suggest using the following |
| 30 alternative procedure after you have done "make bootstrap" at least | 28 alternative procedure after you have done "make bootstrap" at least |
| 31 once: | 29 once: |