From: Richard M. Stallman Date: Tue, 26 May 1998 20:50:52 +0000 (+0000) Subject: Clarify about omitting CONFIGURATION-NAME with configure. X-Git-Tag: emacs-20.3~822 X-Git-Url: http://git.eshelyaron.com/gitweb/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=e4e772f1cf8fe5cd6af5294de27b508c4b10c9ff;p=emacs.git Clarify about omitting CONFIGURATION-NAME with configure. --- diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL index 58f5208131f..6e5697a79d5 100644 --- a/INSTALL +++ b/INSTALL @@ -75,12 +75,15 @@ or in a separate directory. 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