Re: bug#36369: Master doesn't use its pdump

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: Richard Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
> Date: Sat, 19 Feb 2022 23:28:02 -0500
> Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org
> 
> I reported the problem that `make -k emacs' ceased to do what
> it formerly did: rebuild and redump emacs, but not recompile all
> the Lisp files (as `make bootstrap' would do).
> 
> Eli suggested I ought to run `make -k emacs.pdump' instead.
> However, it seems thet is no such Make target either in the
> top level Makefile or in src/Makefile:
> 
>     make -k emacs.pdump
>     make: *** No rule to make target 'emacs.pdump'.
> 
> Could people add one?

There is one already, in src/Makefile.in.  Did you run the above
command in the src directory, or did you run it in the top-level
directory?

(The discussion in bug#36369 was about running "make" commands in the
src directory, which is why I didn't say that explicitly back then.)