[Emacs-diffs] Changes to emacs/INSTALL.CVS,v

[Alan Mackenzie]

CVSROOT:        /cvsroot/emacs
Module name:    emacs
Changes by:     Alan Mackenzie <acmacm> 08/06/09 08:48:12

Index: INSTALL.CVS
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RCS file: /cvsroot/emacs/emacs/INSTALL.CVS,v
retrieving revision 1.22
retrieving revision 1.23
diff -u -b -r1.22 -r1.23
--- INSTALL.CVS 8 Jun 2008 19:11:43 -0000       1.22
+++ INSTALL.CVS 9 Jun 2008 08:48:12 -0000       1.23
@@ -15,10 +15,15 @@
   $ 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