Stefan Monnier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> I need to make make-dist work on an non-bootstrapped tree. We, at Debian, >> don't include .elc files in the tarball and generate packages from >> the bootstrap, for practical reasons. > > But even if you don't include the elc files, you do distribute the Emacs > executable. This executable includes copies of the predumped elc files > and is able to rebuild the other elc files without bootstrapping.
I don't get it. I don't have the executable around. I need to build it in order to build Lisp files. Make tells me I have no choice but running 'make bootstrap' in order to get this predumped version. >> If you remove ldefs-boot.el, make bootstrap fails. > > Use `cd lisp; make (re)compile'. Sure, but only once I got the executable compiled. Anyway, I think it should be possible to bootstrap from source. I'd propose to leave ldefs-boot.el in the tarball but to prevent lisp/Makefile to install it. Cheers, -- Jérôme Marant _______________________________________________ Emacs-devel mailing list Emacs-devel@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-devel
