Re: using XEmacs's CVS to update and Build XEmacs?

The following message is a courtesy copy of an article that has been posted to comp.emacs.xemacs as well. Steven> # Steven> * Is there a "Correct" Way to Update and Build XEmacs? Steven> It seems to me there is a builtin way to checkout Steven> the XEmacs source Steven> and build it from within XEmacs. I've always done it from Glad you asked, Steven :-) See http://www.xemacs.org/Documentation/packages/html/build.html I'm open to contructive critique and lots of bug reports. I already have at least one user (other than $self) and Peter seems to be happy with it. Good Luck, Adrian Steven> bash, until recently. I started looking through Info to Steven> see if there is anything which directly addresses this. I Steven> didn't find it yet. What I'm looking for is a step-by-step Steven> of how we are expected to check out the XEmacs source from Steven> CVS and build it. It's not that I don't know how to check Steven> out and build stuff from CVS, I've been doing it for Steven> years. I'm no CVS expert, but I want to learn. I tend to Steven> learn better when I have a solid idea of where to start. Steven> What I found thus far in the info seems to be more of a Steven> general documentation on using CVS. I am interested in Steven> reading that in the future. For now I just want to see Steven> how the pros are checking out and updating the source. If Steven> this is in the info pages please tell me the section to Steven> look in. Steven> http://members.bellatlantic.net/~hattons/xemacs/issues.html Steven> Steven -- Adrian Aichner mailto:adrian＠xemacs.org http://www.xemacs.org/