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>>>> "Steven" == Steven T Hatton
<hattons(a)bellatlantic.net> writes:
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
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