From 8c159a26575b84708257840fc500632e182ed798 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Gregory Heytings Date: Mon, 19 Sep 2022 15:52:36 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Improve advices on build failures. * Makefile.in: Mention "make extraclean; make". Mention mailing the bugtracker among the possible choices. Fix typo. --- Makefile.in | 21 +++++++++++++-------- 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) diff --git a/Makefile.in b/Makefile.in index d118ba6821a..1cc695482de 100644 --- a/Makefile.in +++ b/Makefile.in @@ -383,20 +383,25 @@ actual-all: ${SUBDIR} info $(gsettings_SCHEMAS:.xml=.valid) src-depending-on-lis # You might try to: # - run "make bootstrap", which might fix the problem # - run "make V=1", which displays the full commands invoked by make, -#   to further investigate the problem +# ​ to further investigate the problem # ADVICE-ON-FAILURE-END:all # ADVICE-ON-FAILURE-BEGIN:bootstrap # You might try to: -# - run "make bootstrap configure=default", to rebuild Emacs with the -#   default configuration options, which might fix the problem +# - run "make extraclean" and run "make" again (or, equivalently, run +# ​ "make bootstrap configure=default"), to rebuild Emacs with the +# ​ default configuration options, which might fix the problem # - run "git clean -fdx" and run "make bootstrap" again, which might -#   fix the problem if "git boostrap configure=default" did not -#   !BEWARE! "git clean -fdx" deletes all files that are not under -#   !BEWARE! version control, which means that all changes to such -#   !BEWARE! files will be lost and cannot be restored later +# ​ fix the problem if "make bootstrap configure=default" did not +# ​ !BEWARE! "git clean -fdx" deletes all files that are not under +# ​ !BEWARE! version control, which means that all changes to such +# ​ !BEWARE! files will be lost and cannot be restored later # - run "make V=1", which displays the full commands invoked by make, -#   to further investigate the problem +# ​ to further investigate the problem +# - report the problem and ask for help by sending an email to +# ​ bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org, mentioning at least the build error +# ​ message, the platform, and the repository revision displayed by +# ​ "git rev-parse HEAD" # ADVICE-ON-FAILURE-END:bootstrap advice-on-failure: -- 2.39.2