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Re: Difficulties with elpa repository.
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Alan Mackenzie |
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Re: Difficulties with elpa repository. |
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Wed, 25 Nov 2015 21:16:17 +0000 |
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Hello, Stefan.
On Wed, Nov 25, 2015 at 04:07:03PM -0500, Stefan Monnier wrote:
> > This has been difficult. I followed the instructions to build elpa in
> > its README.
> Which ones? There re several, depending on what you want to do.
> In your case, the best option is to "install in place", I think (you
> don't want to create tarballs for distribution, since those aren't
> compiled anyway). So
> git clone .../elpa
> cd elpa
> make externals
> make
> Should do what you want.
Thanks, I will try that.
> I rebuild in this way on a regular basis, so I'm pretty sure that it
> works to some extent, but there might be issues with the initial
> setup, or temporary problems. "make -k" lets you go past some
> temporary problems in specific packages.
If needed, I'll try that too.
[ .... ]
> Stefan
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