Re: How big is the GNU emacs CVS download?

[David Kastrup]

"Stefan Monnier <foo@acm.com>" <monnier+gnu.emacs.help/news/@flint.cs.yale.edu> 
writes:

> >> > du -s /home/tmp/emacs
> >> > 120696   /home/tmp/emacs
> >> that's after the equivalent of a "make distclean"?
> > I am compiling in a separate directory.
> 
> Last I looked at it, many files were still built in the source
> directories, even if you "compile in a separate dir".  E.g.
> elc files, info files, leim files and a few more.  I know that
> there have been a few changes in that area since, but I'd double
> check the number anyway.

But a make distclean costs so much time later on...  This was just
intended as a first estimate, the CVS archive managers would
certainly have a better estimate.

Apart from which, of course, you could do the make distclean yourself
and report back, too.

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David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum