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authorGlenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>2014-03-22 15:52:47 -0700
committerGlenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>2014-03-22 15:52:47 -0700
commit7cd431112c589aa20289a8c94544ccf5d3c688d5 (patch)
tree26418daa3060e0263b39d47c75d64e5dd9273c7b /INSTALL
parentf9c81e7b487ec0c7e9ff1dbd5f1959cba4433f4c (diff)
Remove lib-src/test-distrib.c and related
The class of problems that this was designed to detect, namely .elc files getting corrupted by being passed around by email via uuencode or somesuch, has not been a relevant concern for many years. * lib-src/test-distrib.c, lib-src/testfile: Remove. * lib-src/Makefile.in (DONT_INSTALL): Remove test-distrib. (test-distrib${EXEEXT}): Remove rule. * make-dist: Do not distribute lib-src/testfile. * admin/quick-install-emacs (AVOID): Remove testfile and test-distrib. * INSTALL, etc/PROBLEMS, admin/notes/unicode: Remove references to test-distrib and testfile.
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diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL
index ea0331da62..e35d036809 100644
--- a/INSTALL
+++ b/INSTALL
@@ -726,8 +726,8 @@ Strictly speaking, not all of the executables in `./lib-src' need be copied.
are used by Emacs; they do need to be copied.
- The programs `etags', `ctags', and `emacsclient' are intended to be
run by users; they are handled below.
-- The programs `make-docfile' and `test-distrib' were
- used in building Emacs, and are not needed any more.
+- The program `make-docfile' was used in building Emacs, and is
+ not needed any more.
2) Copy the files in `./info' to the place specified in
`./lisp/site-init.el' or `./lisp/info.el'. Note that if the