# HG changeset patch
# User Alan Mackenzie <acm@muc.de>
# Date 1213001292 0
# Node ID c8c89a82ad33978dbba8b4da1116fc7a448bcac7
# Parent  7df82f24bde6958bc25df35c590913e78fad6a80
Clarify why `make bootstrap' sometimes fails.

diff -r 7df82f24bde6 -r c8c89a82ad33 INSTALL.CVS
--- a/INSTALL.CVS	Mon Jun 09 08:46:21 2008 +0000
+++ b/INSTALL.CVS	Mon Jun 09 08:48:12 2008 +0000
@@ -15,10 +15,15 @@
   $ make bootstrap
 
 The bootstrap process makes sure all necessary files are rebuilt
-before it builds the final Emacs binary.
+before it builds the final Emacs binary.  Unfortunately, it doesn't
+always work when there are stale files from a previous build in the
+directory tree.
 
-If 'make bootstrap' fails, it may be necessary to do 'make maintainer-clean'
-followed by configure before trying it again.
+So if 'make bootstrap' fails, it may be necessary first to do 'make
+maintainer-clean' to clear out these stale files.  You can then try
+again, starting with `./configure'.  (Occasionally the loaddefs.el
+file gets into a bad state due to changes in the Lisp libraries; this
+procedure forces it to be regenerated.)
 
 Normally, it is not necessary to use "make bootstrap" after every CVS
 update.  Unless there are problems, we suggest using the following