From 274559e1125e9a849c6028742cf9cc7d8c4fa18f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Alan Mackenzie Date: Mon, 9 Jun 2008 08:48:12 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Clarify why `make bootstrap' sometimes fails. --- INSTALL.CVS | 13 +++++++++---- 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/INSTALL.CVS b/INSTALL.CVS index c2b1df622fd..e21738d505c 100644 --- a/INSTALL.CVS +++ b/INSTALL.CVS @@ -15,10 +15,15 @@ instead of just "make": $ make bootstrap 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. +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. + +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 -- 2.39.2