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Missing "configure"

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Message #5 received at submit <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: c.buhtz <at> posteo.jp
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: Missing "configure"
Date: Mon, 27 Mar 2023 08:45:22 +0000

Hello,

it seems that there is no "configure" script in the git repo but it is 
pointed to from the INSTALL file.

The INSTALL file does point to "./configure" script in bullet "2a". But 
there isn't such a script.

I cloned from git

    git clone https://git.savannah.gnu.org/git/emacs.git

No "configure" in the master. I also tried "git checkout emacs-29". No 
"configure" there also.

This is not a support question about how to build. It is a bug report 
about the documentation.

Kind
Christian Buhtz

Message #10 received at 62480-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Gregory Heytings <gregory <at> heytings.org>
To: c.buhtz <at> posteo.jp
Cc: 62480-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#62480: Missing "configure"
Date: Mon, 27 Mar 2023 13:22:22 +0000

>
> it seems that there is no "configure" script in the git repo but it is 
> pointed to from the INSTALL file.
>
> The INSTALL file does point to "./configure" script in bullet "2a". But 
> there isn't such a script.
>
> I cloned from git
>
>    git clone https://git.savannah.gnu.org/git/emacs.git
>
> No "configure" in the master. I also tried "git checkout emacs-29". No 
> "configure" there also.
>

Thanks for your bug report.

The instructions to build Emacs from a clone of the repository are in 
INSTALL.REPO, not in INSTALL.  This is explained in the second paragraph 
of the INSTALL file:

For information about building from a Git checkout (rather than an Emacs 
release), read the INSTALL.REPO file first.

The main difference is that you should do "./autogen.sh" before 
"./configure".

Closing.

Message #13 received at submit <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Cc: 62480 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#62480: Missing "configure"
Date: Mon, 27 Mar 2023 16:51:58 +0300

tags 62480 notabug
thanks

> Date: Mon, 27 Mar 2023 08:45:22 +0000
> From: c.buhtz <at> posteo.jp
> 
> Hello,
> 
> it seems that there is no "configure" script in the git repo but it is 
> pointed to from the INSTALL file.
> 
> The INSTALL file does point to "./configure" script in bullet "2a". But 
> there isn't such a script.

INSTALL is for building a release tarball.  For building from Git,
please read INSTALL.REPO instead.

Message #21 received at submit <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Jean Louis <bugs <at> gnu.support>
To: 62480 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Cc: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#62480: Acknowledgement (Missing "configure")
Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2023 09:16:09 +0300

Just that it was not me to file this bug report, but I get the
confirmation message.

Maybe somebody used my e-mail address.

* GNU bug Tracking System <help-debbugs <at> gnu.org> [2023-03-27 17:35]:
> Thank you for filing a new bug report with debbugs.gnu.org.

--
Jean

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