From 1a93c12fb80002737f8d9f5f5940ff47c24072cb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Eric S. Raymond" Date: Mon, 28 Apr 2008 17:59:38 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Explain how to work awound an error case. --- INSTALL.CVS | 5 +++++ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+) diff --git a/INSTALL.CVS b/INSTALL.CVS index e115c6b623a..2ece25a73b7 100644 --- a/INSTALL.CVS +++ b/INSTALL.CVS @@ -16,6 +16,11 @@ instead of just "make": The bootstrap process makes sure all necessary files are rebuilt before it builds the final Emacs binary. +If 'make bootstrap' fails, it may be necessary to do 'make maintainer-clean' +followed by configure before trying it again. (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 alternative procedure after you have done "make bootstrap" at least -- 2.39.5