From d7ef7cd4066283d6155dcc5a05880230815fb7cd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Glenn Morris Date: Fri, 5 Sep 2008 04:01:53 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Mention Ubuntu make weirdness. --- etc/PROBLEMS | 12 ++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+) diff --git a/etc/PROBLEMS b/etc/PROBLEMS index bd839f82570..ff25ad2a6cd 100644 --- a/etc/PROBLEMS +++ b/etc/PROBLEMS @@ -2637,6 +2637,18 @@ does not work with this version of ncurses. The fix is to install a newer version of ncurses, such as version 4.2. +** Bootstrapping + +Bootstrapping (compiling the .el files) is normally only necessary +with CVS builds, since they the .elc files are pre-compiled in releases. + +*** "No rule to make target" with Ubuntu 8.04 make 3.81-3build1 + +Compiling the lisp files fails at random places, complaining: +"No rule to make target `/path/to/some/lisp.elc'". +The causes of this problem are not understood. Using GNU make 3.81 compiled +from source, rather than the Ubuntu version, worked. See Bug#327,821. + ** Dumping *** Linux: Segfault during `make bootstrap' under certain recent versions of the Linux kernel. -- 2.39.5