# HG changeset patch
# User Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
# Date 1220304510 0
# Node ID 20ce3b4f1247c63b39ad41bc36a20c6894259ade
# Parent  5c4b2431ff571d949133cc6ae7ac45adc2840e04
A plea for fewer "it doesn't build" messages.

diff -r 5c4b2431ff57 -r 20ce3b4f1247 INSTALL.CVS
--- a/INSTALL.CVS	Mon Sep 01 21:14:41 2008 +0000
+++ b/INSTALL.CVS	Mon Sep 01 21:28:30 2008 +0000
@@ -61,6 +61,12 @@
 or gnu.emacs.bug.  Ideally, use M-x report-emacs-bug RET which will
 send it to the proper place.
 
+Because the CVS version of Emacs is a work in progress, it will
+sometimes fail to build.  Please wait a day or so (and check the bug
+and development mailing list archives) before reporting such problems.
+In most cases, the problem is known about and is just waiting for
+someone to fix it.
+
 
 Note on using SSH to access the CVS repository from inside Emacs
 ----------------------------------------------------------------