Re: [PATCH] make-dist fixes and clean-ups

[Thien-Thi Nguyen]

Jérôme Marant <address@hidden> writes:

> address@hidden (Kim F. Storm) writes:
> 
> >     cp lisp/loaddefs.el lisp/ldefs-boot.el
> >     make bootstrap
> 
> I wish there were another way. This hack assumes that I know
> about the Makefile internals.

for packaging work, it helps to know the Makefile internals.  if
the Makefile is confusing in some way, feel free to ask about it.

> I think it would be cleaner to include lisp/ldefs-boot.el in the
> tarball but not to include it in installed lisp files.

it is redundant w/ loaddefs.el, thus a likely source of confusion
for end users.  the cp suggestion sounds reasonable to me.

thi