GNU bug report logs - #17629
Can't build emacs-24 branch

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Message #16 received at 17629 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
To: Jorgen Schaefer <forcer <at> forcix.cx>,  17629 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Cc: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Subject: Re: bug#17629: Can't build emacs-24 branch
Date: Thu, 29 May 2014 12:06:26 -0400

Eli Zaretskii wrote:

>> In a fresh checkout and with a clean tree:
>
> This doesn't seem to be a clean tree:
[...]
> Did you switch to the emacs-24 branch in the same git repository, and
> then typed the command above?  If so, either "make bootstrap" or clone
> a separate repository, switch to emacs-24 there, and then your
> commands should work.
>
> In Emacs development, the trunk and the release branch diverge very
> quickly, so "make clean" is not enough to give you a "clean tree".


The main point is that `make clean' does not delete the compiled lisp
files (and cannot, since they are prebuilt in lisp tarfiles).
`make maintainer-clean', or `make bootstrap' does.
Always use `make bootstrap' if CPU time is not a factor, even when
building the same branch.

(Presumably this issue is going to occur more in the git-era, since it
doesn't have shared repos.)

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