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From: mike@turing.unm.edu (Michael I. Bushnell)
Newsgroups: comp.emacs
Subject: Re: Trying to install emacs on VMS 4.5
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Date: 22 Dec 87 01:43:21 GMT
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In-reply-to: jr@LF-SERVER-2.BBN.COM (John Robinson)


In article <8712181501.AA03275@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU>, jr@LF-SERVER-2 (John Robinson) writes:

~Instead of building the larger purified file, leave PURESIZE alone and
~do this (in emacs/lisp):
~
~1. Remove the .elc files.
~2. Start ../src/temacs (no switches).
~3. Load loadup.el, which will load all the normaly-resident libraries
~   from .el files.
~4. Run byte-recompile-directory to get working .elc files (the byte
~   compiler will be running interpreted, but who cares?  If you think
~   you do, run byte-compile-file on bytecomp.el, then load its .elc
~   (maybe in a fresh temacs), then byte-recompile-directory.).
~   (Certain of the .elc files are explicitly avoided by loadup.el
~   (read it for details) - simply remove these when you're done if you
~   care).
~5. Go out for a cup o' java.
~6. When the compile is done, exit temacs.  You can now proceed to make
~   the dumped emacs in emacs/src.
~

There is a problem with this.  Byte-recompile-directory only compiles
a .el file if the .elc file exists but is out of date.  A better solution
is to, instead of deleting the .elc files, do a 'touch *.el' and then
do the same thing that the instructions above indicate.  Columbian
coffee is nice this time of year.
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				Michael I. Bushnell
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