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1 -*- mode:outline -*-
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2
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3 * Introduction
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4 ==============
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5
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6 You are running an experimental version of XEmacs. Please do not
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7 report problems with Beta XEmacs to comp.emacs.xemacs. Report them to
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8 xemacs-beta@xemacs.org.
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9
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10 ** XEmacs Beta Mailing List
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11 ===========================
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12
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13 *** Subscribing
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14 ---------------
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15
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16 If you are not subscribed to the XEmacs beta list you should be. Send
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17 an email message to xemacs-beta-request@xemacs.org with `subscribe'
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18 (without the quotes) as the BODY of the message.
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19
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20 *** Unsubscribing
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21 -----------------
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22
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23 To unsubscribe from the list send an email message to
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24 xemacs-beta-request@xemacs.org with `unsubscribe' (without the quotes)
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25 as the BODY of the message.
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26
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27 *** Administrivia
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28 -----------------
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29
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30 The XEmacs beta list is managed by the Majordomo mailing list package,
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31 and the usual Majordomo commands work. Do not send mailing list
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32 requests to the main address (xemacs-beta@xemacs.org), always send
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33 them to xemacs-beta-request@xemacs.org. If you have problems with the
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34 list itself, they should be brought to the attention of the XEmacs
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35 Mailing List manager Jason Mastaler <list-manager@xemacs.org>.
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36
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37
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38 ** Beta Release Schedule
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39 ========================
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40
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41 The URL ftp://ftp.xemacs.org/pub/xemacs/beta/README always contains
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42 the best estimate of when the next beta XEmacs will be released. For
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43 weekend betas the release time is generally in the vicinity of 2PM to
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44 5PM US Pacific Time (Universal Time minus 8 hours). For weekday
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45 betas, the release time is generally in the vicinity of 8PM to
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46 Midnight US Pacific Time on the listed day.
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47
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48 Betas are nominally a week apart, scheduled on every Saturday.
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49 Midweek releases are made when a serious enough problem warrants it.
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50
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51
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52 ** Reporting Problems
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53 =====================
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54
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55 The best way to get problems fixed in XEmacs is to submit good problem
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56 reports. Since this is beta software, problems are certain to exist.
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57 Please read through all of part II of the XEmacs FAQ for an overview
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58 of problem reporting. Other items which are most important are:
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59
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60 1. Do not submit C stack backtraces without line numbers. Since it
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61 is possible to compile optimized with debug information with GCC
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62 it is never a good idea to compile XEmacs without the -g flag.
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63 XEmacs runs on a variety of platforms, and often it is not
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64 possible to recreate problems which afflict a specific platform.
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65 The line numbers in the C stack backtrace help isolate where the
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66 problem is actually occurring.
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67
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68 2. Attempt to recreate the problem starting with an invocation of
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69 XEmacs with `xemacs -q -no-site-file'. Quite often, problems are
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70 due to package interdependencies, and the like. An actual bug in
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71 XEmacs should be reproducible in a default configuration without
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72 loading any special packages (or the one or two specific packages
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73 that cause the bug to appear).
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74
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75 3. A picture can be worth a thousand words. When reporting an
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76 unusual display, it is generally best to capture the problem in a
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77 screen dump and include that with the problem report. The easiest
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78 way to get a screen dump is to use the xv program and its grab
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79 function. Save the image as a GIF to keep bandwidth requirements
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80 down without loss of information. MIME is the preferred method
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81 for making the image attachments.
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82
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83 ** Getting the Source
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84 =====================
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85
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86 In addition to the normal tar distribution, XEmacs source is now
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87 available via CVS. Please see the URL: <URL:http://cvs.xemacs.org/~xemacs/>.
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88
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89 * Compiling Beta XEmacs
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90 =======================
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91
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92 ** Building an XEmacs from patches
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93 ==================================
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94
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95 All beta releases of XEmacs are included with patches from the
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96 previous version in an attempt to keep bandwidth requirements down.
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97 Patches should be applied with the GNU patch program in something like
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98 the following. Let's say you're upgrading XEmacs 20.15-beta10 to
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99 XEmacs 20.15-beta11 and you have a full unmodified XEmacs 20.15-beta10
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100 source tree to work with. Cd to the top level directory and issue the
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101 shell command:
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102
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103 $ gunzip -c /tmp/xemacs-20.15-b10-20.15-b11.patch.gz | patch -p1
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104
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105 After patching, check to see that no patches were missed by doing
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106 $ find . -name \*.rej -print
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107
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108 Any rejections should be treated as serious problems to be resolved
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109 before building XEmacs.
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110
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111 After seeing that there were no rejections, issue the commands
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112
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113 $ ./config.status --recheck
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114 $ make beta
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115
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116 and go play minesweep for a while on an older XEmacs while the binary
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117 is rebuilt.
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118
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119 ** Building XEmacs from a full distribution
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120 ==============================================
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122 Locate a convenient place where you have at least 100MB of free space
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123 and issue the command
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124
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125 $ gunzip -c /tmp/xemacs-20.15-b11.tar.gz | tar xvf -
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127 (or simply `tar zxvf /tmp/xemacs-20.15-b11.tar.gz' if you use GNU tar).
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128
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129 cd to the top level directory and issue an appropriate configure
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130 command. One maintainer uses the following at the time of this
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131 writing:
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132
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133 ./configure \
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134 --cflags="-mpentium -march=pentium -O6 -g -fno-peep-spills" \
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135 --error-checking=all --debug=yes \
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136 --with-scrollbars=athena3d --with-dialogs=athena3d \
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137 --with-mule --with-xfs --with-xim=xlib
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138
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139 Part of the configure output is a summary that looks something like:
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140
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141 uname -a: Linux altair.xemacs.org 2.0.32 #2 Sun Nov 16 18:52:14 PST 1997 i586
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143 ./configure '--cflags=-mpentium -march=pentium -O6 -g -fno-peep-spills' '--error-checking=all' '--debug=yes' '--with-scrollbars=athena3d' '--with-dialogs=athena3d' '--with-mule' '--with-xfs' '--with-xim=xlib'
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144
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145
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146 XEmacs 21.0-b34 "Oberhasli-pre2" configured for `i586-pc-linux'.
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147
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148 Where should the build process find the source code? /home/xemacs/xemacs-20.0
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149 What installation prefix should install use? /usr/local
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150 What operating system and machine description files should XEmacs use?
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151 `s/linux.h' and `m/intel386.h'
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152 What compiler should XEmacs be built with? gcc -mpentium -march=pentium -O6 -g -fno-peep-spills
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153 Should XEmacs use the GNU version of malloc? yes
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154 (Using Doug Lea's new malloc from the GNU C Library.)
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155 Should XEmacs use the relocating allocator for buffers? yes
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156 What window system should XEmacs use? x11
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157 Where do we find X Windows header files? /usr/X11/include
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158 Where do we find X Windows libraries? /usr/X11/lib
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159 Compiling in support for XAUTH.
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160 Compiling in support for XPM images.
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161 Compiling in support for X-Face message headers.
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162 Compiling in support for GIF image conversion.
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163 Compiling in support for JPEG image conversion.
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164 Compiling in support for PNG image conversion.
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165 Compiling in support for TIFF image conversion.
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166 Compiling in native sound support.
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167 Compiling in support for Berkeley DB.
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168 Compiling in support for GNU DBM.
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169 Compiling in support for ncurses.
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170 Compiling in support for GPM (General Purpose Mouse).
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171 Compiling in Mule (multi-lingual) support.
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172 Compiling in XIM (X11R5+ I18N input method) support.
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173 Using raw Xlib to provide XIM support.
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174 Using XFontSet to provide bilingual menubar.
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175 Compiling in support for Canna on Mule.
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176 Compiling in support for the WNN input method on Mule.
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177 Using WNN version 6.
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178 Compiling in support for OffiX.
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179 Compiling in support for proper session-management.
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180 Using Lucid menubars.
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181 Using Athena-3d scrollbars.
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182 Using Athena-3d dialog boxes.
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183 Compiling in DLL support.
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184 movemail will use "dot-locking" for locking mail spool files.
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185 Using Lisp_Objects with minimal tagbits.
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186 Compiling in extra code for debugging.
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187 Compiling in code for checking XEmacs memory usage.
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188 WARNING: ---------------------------------------------------------
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189 WARNING: Compiling in support for runtime error checking.
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190 WARNING: XEmacs will run noticeably more slowly as a result.
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191 WARNING: Error checking is on by default for XEmacs beta releases.
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192 WARNING: ---------------------------------------------------------
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193
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194
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195
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196 Then type `make' and you should have a working XEmacs.
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197
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198 After you have verified that you have a functional editor, fire up
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199 your favorite mail program and send a build report to
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200 xemacs-build-reports@xemacs.org. The build report should include
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201
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202 1. Your hardware configuration (OS version, etc.)
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203
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204 2. Version numbers of software in use (X11 version, system library
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205 versions if appropriate, graphics library versions if appropriate).
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206 If you're on a system like Linux, include all the version numbers
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207 you can because chances are it makes a difference.
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208
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209 3. The options given to configure
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210
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211 4. The configuration report illustrated above
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212
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213 For convenience all of the above items are placed in a file called
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214 `Installation' in the top level build directory. They are also
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215 available by performing M-x describe-installation inside XEmacs.
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216
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217 5. Any other unusual items you feel should be brought to the attention
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218 of the developers.
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219
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220 ** Creating patches for submission
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221 ==================================
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222
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223 Patches to XEmacs should be mailed to <xemacs-patches@xemacs.org>.
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224 Each patch will be reviewed by the patches review board, and will be
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225 acked and added to the distribution, or rejected with an explanation.
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226
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227 Patches to XEmacs Lisp packages should be sent to the maintainer of
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228 the package. If the maintainer is listed as `XEmacs Development Team'
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229 patches should be sent to <xemacs-patches@xemacs.org>.
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230
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231 Emailed patches should preferably be sent in MIME format and quoted
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232 printable encoding (if necessary).
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233
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234 When making patches, please use the `-u' option, or if your diff
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235 doesn't support it, `-c'. Using ordinary (context-free) diffs are
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236 notoriously prone to error, since line numbers tend to change when
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237 others make changes to the same source file.
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238
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239 An example of the `diff' usage:
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240
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241 $ diff -u OLDFILE NEWFILE
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242
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243 -or-
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244
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245 $ diff -c OLDFILE NEWFILE
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246
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247 Also, it is helpful if you create the patch in the top level of the
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248 XEmacs source directory:
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249
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250 $ cp -p lwlib/xlwmenu.c lwlib/xlwmenu.c.orig
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251 hack, hack, hack....
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252 $ diff -u lwlib/xlwmenu.c.orig lwlib/xlwmenu.c
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253
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254 Each patch should be accompanied by an update to the appropriate
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255 ChangeLog file. Please don't mail patches to ChangeLog because they
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256 have an extremely high rate of failure; just mail us the new part of
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257 the ChangeLog you added.
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258
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259 Also note that if you cut & paste from an xterm to an XEmacs mail buffer
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260 you will probably lose due to tab expansion. The best thing to do is
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261 to use an XEmacs shell buffer to run the diff commands, or ...
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262 M-x cd to the appropriate directory, and issue the command `C-u M-!' from
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263 within XEmacs.
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264
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265 Guidelines for writing ChangeLog entries is governed by the GNU coding
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266 standards. Please see
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267 http://www.gnu.org/prep/standards_toc.html [Change Logs section]
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268 for details.
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269
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270 Patches should be as single-minded as possible. Mammoth patches can
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271 be very difficult to place into the right slot. They are much easier
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272 to deal with when broken down into functional or conceptual chunks.
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273 The patches submitted by Kyle Jones and Hrvoje Niksic are stellar
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274 examples of how to Do The Right Thing.
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275
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276 ** Packages directory on the FTP Site
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277 =====================================
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278
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279 The packages directory
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280 ftp://ftp.xemacs.org/pub/xemacs/beta/xemacs-21.0/packages/
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281
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282 is divided into subdirectory by the major type of package.
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283
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284 drwxr-xr-x 2 beta-f beta-f 1024 Oct 10 00:43 binary-packages
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285 drwxr-xr-x 2 beta-f beta-f 512 Oct 10 00:44 package-sources
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286 drwxr-xr-x 2 beta-f beta-f 512 Oct 10 00:44 utils
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287
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288 ** Support Utilities (utils)
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289 ============================
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290
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291 The utils directory contains tools to deal with current Lisp sources that
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292 have not had yet gotten XEmacs package integration. The script `xpackage.sh'
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293 is used with Quassia Gnus. Edit the appropriate variables at the top of
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294 the script to reflect the local configuration and run it in the top level
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295 directory of a Quassia Gnus source tree to install an update to Quassia Gnus.
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296
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297 ** Binary package installation (binary-packages)
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298 ================================================
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299
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300 Prerequisite: XEmacs 21.0-b1.
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301
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302 Binary packages are complete entities that can be untarred at the top
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303 level of an XEmacs package hierarchy and work at runtime. To install files
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304 in this directory, run the command `M-x package-admin-add-binary-package'
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305 and fill in appropriate values to the prompts.
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306
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307 ** Manual procedures for package management
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308 ===========================================
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309
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310 Prerequisite: XEmacs 21.0
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311
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312 When adding and deleting files from a lisp directory the
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313 auto-autoloads.el (global symbols) and custom-load.el (Customization
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314 groups) must be kept in synch. Assuming one is manipulating a
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315 directory called `lisp-utils', the command to rebuild the
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316 auto-autoloads.el file is:
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317
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318 xemacs-21.0 -vanilla -batch -l autoload -f batch-update-directory lisp-utils
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319
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320 The command to rebuild the custom-load.el file is:
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321
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322 xemacs-21.0 -vanilla -batch -l cus-dep \
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323 -f Custom-make-dependencies lisp-utils
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324
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325 To bytecompile both of these files the command is:
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326
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327 xemacs-21.0 -vanilla -batch -f batch-byte-compile \
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328 lisp-utils/auto-autoloads.el lisp-utils/custom-laod.el
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329
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330 ** Building XEmacs and XEmacs packages from scratch
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331 ===================================================
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332
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333 To build everything completely from scratch (not a high priority as a
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334 design goal), the following procedure should work. (I don't recommend
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335 building this way).
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336
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337 *** Phase 1 -- Get a minimal XEmacs binary with mule to build the package
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338 lisp with.
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339
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340 **** Grab a mule-base tarball and install it into a newly created package
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341 directory.
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342
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343 **** Configure XEmacs with mule and a package-path including the
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344 directory created above.
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345
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346 **** Do a `make dist' to build an XEmacs binary.
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347
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348 *** Phase 2 -- Build and install the package lisp.
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349
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350 **** Modify XEmacs.rules for local paths and the XEmacs binary created in
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351 Phase 1.
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352
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353 **** Do a make from the top level package lisp source directory.[1]
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354
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355 **** Do `make bindist's on all the packages you wish to install and
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356 remove the byproduct .tar.gz's.
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357
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358 *** Phase 3 -- If necessary, redump XEmacs
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359 with the packages that require dump-time support and install it.
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360
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361 **** Reconfigure without Mule if you don't wish a Mule-ish XEmacs, and
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362 rebuild XEmacs.
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363
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364 - or -
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365
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366 **** rm lib-src/DOC src/xemacs; make
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367
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368 **** Install or run in-place.
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369
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370 Note that this is in essence what `make all-elc' has always done.
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