GNU bug report logs - #9459
24.0.50; Configure aborts, complains about missing install.sh in build-aux

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Jan Djärv <jan.h.d <at> swipnet.se>

Date: Wed, 7 Sep 2011 16:23:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Found in version 24.0.50

Done: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>, 9459 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#9459: 24.0.50; Condigure aborts, complains about missing install.sh in build-aux.
Date: Wed, 07 Sep 2011 20:24:47 +0200

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

> My opinion: no, please don't.  Such changes are rare enough and far in
> between, while normal builds are much more frequent.  It only takes
> one botched build to learn to run autogen.sh manually when "make"
> won't cut it.

I agree.

But would it be possible to have "make" spit out "Compilation failed;
have you tried running ./autogen.sh before reporting this as a bug?" if
building fails?  :-)

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