Document when cvs -d up may be needed.

2 files changed, 14 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 6e49e7aa3cb..be26ec12c60 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2008-06-08  Eric S. Raymond  <esr@snark.thyrsus.com>
+
+        * INSTALL.CVS: Indicate when cvs -d up may be needed.
+
 2008-06-07  Glenn Morris  <rgm@gnu.org>
 
         * Makefile.in (bootstrap-build): Remove mostlyclean, since it seems to
diff --git a/INSTALL.CVS b/INSTALL.CVS
index b8c42de27d5..54b2d561dcc 100644
--- a/INSTALL.CVS
+++ b/INSTALL.CVS
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ byte-compiled Lisp files, are not stored in the CVS repository.
 Therefore, to build from CVS you must run "make bootstrap"
 instead of just "make":
 
+  $ cvs update
   $ ./configure
   $ make bootstrap
 
@@ -21,6 +22,15 @@ followed by configure before trying it again.  (Occasionally the loaddefs.el
 file gets into a bad state due to changes in the Lisp libraries; this procedure
 forces it to be regenerated.)
 
+If even 'make bootstrap' followed by 'make maintainer-clean' fails, it may
+be that some reorganization of the tree has created a new subdirectory. Try
+this:
+
+  $ cvs -d update
+  $ make maintainer-clean
+  $ ./configure
+  $ make bootstrap
+
 Normally, it is not necessary to use "make bootstrap" after every CVS
 update.  Unless there are problems, we suggest using the following
 alternative procedure after you have done "make bootstrap" at least