Date: Sat, 12 Apr 2008 09:45:00 +0200
From: Angelo Graziosi <address@hidden>
cd emacs
./configure
make bootstrap
Yes, it is heavy, but it is the only clean method that will guarantee
the patches do no introduce regressions.
Actually, there is no practical way to know for sure that changes
don't introduce regressions, in general. While "make bootstrap" will
make sure a bootstrap works on the submitter's machine (and is
recommended to those that can afford it), it says nothing about other
ways of building Emacs, nor about other machines and OSes we support.
So please calm down. The development trunk will inevitably become
broken from time to time, no matter what. If you must build the trunk
every day or even more frequently, and depend on the resulting binary
for your daily work, I suggest to make some arrangements to have the
previous working build available until you are sure the new one builds
and works successfully.