Bootstrap now always starts from fresh loaddefs and similar files, so

maintainer-clean is no longer relevant to this issue.

diff --git a/INSTALL.CVS b/INSTALL.CVS
index e21738d505cb15e1831a40d0dd9201d42aa4ff1d..80aa25e4278a46047b621379b34db9e3043c9630 100644 (file)
--- a/INSTALL.CVS
+++ b/INSTALL.CVS
@@ -21,9 +21,7 @@ directory tree.
 
 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.)
+again, starting with `./configure'.
 
 Normally, it is not necessary to use "make bootstrap" after every CVS
 update.  Unless there are problems, we suggest using the following