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From: Mark_Weaver@brown.edu
Subject: Re: NetBSD 0.9: Need help building emacs
In-Reply-To: pitts@bigbang.astro.indiana.edu's message of Wed, 27 Oct 1993 14:12:16 GMT
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Date: Wed, 27 Oct 1993 17:24:48 GMT
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In article <CFK7GH.For@usenet.ucs.indiana.edu> pitts@bigbang.astro.indiana.edu (Jim Pitts) writes:
> In article <haley.751703710@husc8> haley@husc8.harvard.edu (Elizabeth Haley) writes:
> >I got the emacs-19.17-src.tar.gz file from alpha.gnu.ai.mit.edu. I
> >don't remember that it even complained much. Just run configure, and
> >make.
> >
> >One tip though: make sure you have the texinfo distribution installed
> >first. At least makeinfo. Then you won't have to go back and install
> >the info files later.
> >
>
> wuarchive.wustl.edu has a mirror in
>
> mirrors/gnu
>
> that has the latest-greatest gnu stuff. Emacs-19.19 is there. I copied it
> down, ran the config, and it went the first time. Great stuff!
>
> emacs ... stuff of the gods.
>
> Of course I am using FreeBSD ... ;)
Building emacs-19.17 or emacs-19.19 on NetBSD 0.9 will give you problems,
because the a.out format has changed. People using 386BSD or FreeBSD
will not have the same problems. If anyone wants a patch, I can email
you a copy of a patch to 19.17 by Charles Hannum.
Mark
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