GNU bug report logs - #53627
29.0.50; Incorrect installation instructions

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: worik <root <at> worik.org>

Date: Sat, 29 Jan 2022 21:40:01 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Found in version 29.0.50

Done: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #11 received at 53627 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: worik <root <at> worik.org>
To: "H. Dieter Wilhelm" <dieter <at> duenenhof-wilhelm.de>
Cc: 53627 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#53627: 29.0.50; Incorrect installation instructions
Date: Sun, 30 Jan 2022 10:52:13 +1300

On 30/01/22 10:48, H. Dieter Wilhelm wrote:
> worik <root <at> worik.org> writes:
>
>> * Downloaded: git clone https://github.com/Stazed/rakarrack-plus.git
> Please read INSTALL.REPO in the same directory, it says

I can cope.  I did not need that file.   I was not asking for help.  I 
was reporting a bug.

Having incorrect installation instructions in a file labeld INSTALL and 
repeating them in a file named README  is a bug.

It is not much help to have the correct instructions in some other file.

cheers

Worik

>
> 	     Building and Installing Emacs from the Repository
>
>    ...
>    To use the autotools, run the following shell command to generate the
>    'configure' script and some related files, and to set up your git
>    configuration:
>
>      $ ./autogen.sh
>
>    You can then configure your build as follows:
>
>      $ ./configure
>
>
>> * Read INSTALL
>>
>> * Tells me to run `./configure`
>>
>> * That does not exist. README references it too
>>
>> * Must run `./autogen.sh` first


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