GNU bug report logs - #36681
Feature Request: Option to build Emacs without byte-compilation.

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Keith David Bershatsky <esq <at> lawlist.com>

Date: Mon, 15 Jul 2019 23:12:01 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Tags: wontfix

Done: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #8 received at 36681 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
To: Keith David Bershatsky <esq <at> lawlist.com>
Cc: 36681 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#36681: Feature Request: Option to build Emacs without
 byte-compilation.
Date: Mon, 15 Jul 2019 19:33:24 -0400

make -C src emacs

is basically what you ask for (may not work in older versions).

But the better answer is to use multiple cores, since the build is very
parallelizable. A -j8 build from nothing takes < 4 minutes for me.
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