Re: INSTALL-CVS refers to non-existant file

[Miles Bader]

Chris Moore <address@hidden> writes:
> The latest version of INSTALL-CVS says:
> 
>   Note that "make bootstrap" overwrites some files that are under CVS
>   control, such as lisp/loaddefs.el.
> 
> But lisp/loaddefs.el *isn't* under CVS control.

Indeed; I'll fix that.

> I am getting errors telling me that loaddefs.el doesn't exist when
> trying to rebuild Emacs after doing a 'cvs update' for the first time
> in months.

It should work to do just `make autoloads' or `make bootstrap.'

> It would be nice if INSTALL-CVS could be a little more specific about
> exactly which files I need to run the 'cvs update -C' command on in
> order to get the build working again, if any.

You shouldn't need to do that at all.

Note that the change in the way loaddefs.el is handled is a one-time
transition -- no magic should be required in the future.

-Miles
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