Re: Loading AUCTeX out of Git repo

[Tassilo Horn]

24.01.2021 22:07:38 Uwe Brauer <oub@mat.ucm.es>:

>>>> "TH" == Tassilo Horn <tsdh@gnu.org> writes:
> 
>> Hi Arash & Uwe,
>>>> this topic has been discussed couple of times and I think we should
>>>> add a recipe to the manual.  My suggestion looks like this, any
>>>> comments welcome:
> 
>> LGTM.
> 
>>> I do compile auctex regularly from git master.
>>> 
>>> What's against the idea to run
>>> 
>>> make install ????
>>> 
>>> I find it a bit cleaner to separate the repository from the
>>> installation.
> 
>> I find it a bit more convenient to run directly from the checkout in
>> order to be sure to run the most current version (or the version I've
>> explicitly checked out).  With "make install", you are running the
>> version of the last "make install", without "make install" you are
>> running the version of the last "git pull".
> 
> I am not sure I understand this. Here is what I do
> 
> 
> ** Clone
> 
> $ git clone git://git.savannah.gnu.org/auctex.git
> $ cd auctex
> $ ./autogen.sh
> $ ./configure --with-emacs=/opt/emacs28/bin/emacs --prefix=/home/oub/ALLES/ 
> --with-lispdir=/home/oub/emacs/site-lisp/packages/auctex-git 
> --without-texmf-dir
> 
> $ make
> $ make install
> 
> ** pull the latest change
> 
> $ \rm -rf /home/oub/emacs/site-lisp/packages/auctex-git
> 
> $ make clean
> $ make distclean
> $ git pull
> $ ./configure --with-emacs=/opt/emacs28/bin/emacs --prefix=/home/oub/ALLES/ 
> --with-lispdir=/home/oub/emacs/site-lisp/packages/auctex-git 
> --without-texmf-dir
> 
> $ make
> $ make install
> 
> 
> You are saying that this would not result in the auctex pkg from the
> latest git pull?
> 
> Uwe
It will but I just do "git pull && make" and am done. And the "make" is 
basically optional given that recent emacsen prefer a newer el-file over an 
older elc-file.

Bye,
Tassilo