Re: What should I do when building Emacs again with different configure options?

[Thien-Thi Nguyen]

() Hongxu Chen <leftcopy.chx@gmail.com>
() Sun, 28 Jul 2013 10:03:27 +0800

   > Ah, I see, thank you.  So could we remove the "./configure"?  It
   > looks confusing.
   >
   > === modified file 'INSTALL'
   > --- INSTALL    2013-07-20 19:20:33 +0000
   > +++ INSTALL    2013-07-27 22:27:32 +0000
   > @@ -98,7 +98,6 @@
   >    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)

   Hi Fuqiao, I suggest you read a some tutorials about autotools.

It's best to make the INSTALL text clearer for everyone, locally.
Naked "./configure" can be confusing, true, and removing it doesn't
help.  So in this case perhaps adding some text is indicated.

But what text and where?  What is the most elegant way, in the context
of "new configure options"?  What concepts available to the expected
audience can we use to convey this meaning?  Must we be verbose?

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