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authorGlenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>2013-07-20 12:20:33 -0700
committerGlenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>2013-07-20 12:20:33 -0700
commitf0398ec17f8a00d6c6d828c3d04522d94337d156 (patch)
tree478a4829ab66fd14da41090767b8f8a9d8d9122b /INSTALL
parent1451928fffb2065a90e3decd0b9ba34d74dcc22b (diff)
parent862f1c9c3a172cd704e286964705b06aaf68b7fa (diff)
Merge from emacs-24; up to 2012-12-31T11:35:13Z!rudalics@gmx.at
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diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL
index 2866099872..fc4b7da7cd 100644
--- a/INSTALL
+++ b/INSTALL
@@ -70,24 +70,17 @@ sections if you need to.
you, but there are no obvious errors, assume that `configure' did
its job and proceed.
- 4. If you need to run the `configure' script more than once (e.g.,
- with some non-default options), always clean the source
- directories before running `configure' again:
-
- make distclean
- ./configure
-
- 5. Invoke the `make' program:
+ 4. Invoke the `make' program:
make
- 6. If `make' succeeds, it will build an executable program `emacs'
+ 5. If `make' succeeds, it will build an executable program `emacs'
in the `src' directory. You can try this program, to make sure
it works:
src/emacs -Q
- 7. Assuming that the program `src/emacs' starts and displays its
+ 6. Assuming that the program `src/emacs' starts and displays its
opening screen, you can install the program and its auxiliary
files into their installation directories:
@@ -101,6 +94,11 @@ sections if you need to.
You can delete the entire build directory if you do not plan to
build Emacs again, but it can be useful to keep for debugging.
+ If you want to build Emacs again with different configure options,
+ first clean the source directories:
+
+ make distclean
+ ./configure
Note that the install automatically saves space by compressing
(provided you have the `gzip' program) those installed Lisp source (.el)