# HG changeset patch # User Juri Linkov # Date 1231715229 0 # Node ID 1541a3c11c7f24fd9fe185e633a65c72ff3ee06c # Parent 4660765d77ade73d87f264d41967080dc4c643b4 Move configuration explicitly to the first step. diff -r 4660765d77ad -r 1541a3c11c7f INSTALL.CVS --- a/INSTALL.CVS Sun Jan 11 19:14:59 2009 +0000 +++ b/INSTALL.CVS Sun Jan 11 23:07:09 2009 +0000 @@ -5,6 +5,11 @@ Building and Installing Emacs from CVS +If this is the first time you go through it, you'll need to configure +before bootstrapping: + + $ ./configure + Some of the files that are included in the Emacs tarball, such as byte-compiled Lisp files, are not stored in the CVS repository. Therefore, to build from CVS you must run "make bootstrap" @@ -13,9 +18,6 @@ $ cvs update -dP $ make bootstrap -Of course, if this is the first time you go through it, you'll need to do -./configure before the "make bootstrap". - Normally, it is not necessary to use "make bootstrap" after every CVS update. "make" should work in 90% of the cases and be much quicker.