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diff INSTALL @ 22255:7851f4551208
Clarify about omitting CONFIGURATION-NAME with configure.
| author | Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org> |
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| date | Tue, 26 May 1998 20:50:52 +0000 |
| parents | 303a96060ff1 |
| children | 3f2ab6f2bb5c |
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--- a/INSTALL Tue May 26 20:46:31 1998 +0000 +++ b/INSTALL Tue May 26 20:50:52 1998 +0000 @@ -75,12 +75,15 @@ 3a) To build in the top-level Emacs source directory, go to that directory and run the program `configure' as follows: - ./configure CONFIGURATION-NAME [--OPTION[=VALUE]] ... + ./configure [CONFIGURATION-NAME] [--OPTION[=VALUE]] ... The CONFIGURATION-NAME argument should be a configuration name given -in `./etc/MACHINES'. If omitted, `configure' will try to guess your -system type; if it cannot, you must find the appropriate configuration -name in `./etc/MACHINES' and specify it explicitly. +in `./etc/MACHINES', with the system version number added at the end. + +You should try first omitting CONFIGURATION-NAME. This way, +`configure' will try to guess your system type. If it cannot guess, +or if something goes wrong in building or installing Emacs this way, +try again specifying the proper CONFIGURATION-NAME explicitly. If you don't want X support, specify `--with-x=no'. If you omit this option, `configure' will try to figure out for itself whether your