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    From Roderick@21:1/5 to All on Mon Jul 12 07:38:13 2021
    Compiling Emacs 26.3 from the repository takes much longer than
    compiling from the tar ball offered.

    Also compiling emacs 27.2 took a lot of time. An "gmake check" hangs
    at "GEN lisp/autorevert-tests.log". I did see some failed tests.

    Can I trust the editor in spite of it?

    Thanks

    Rod.

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  • From Yong@21:1/5 to Roderick on Wed Jul 14 23:29:25 2021
    On 7/12/21 3:38 PM, Roderick wrote:

    Compiling Emacs 26.3 from the repository takes much longer than
    compiling from the tar ball offered.

    Also compiling emacs 27.2 took a lot of time. An "gmake check" hangs
    at "GEN  lisp/autorevert-tests.log". I did see some failed tests.

    Can I trust the editor in spite of it?

    Thanks

    Rod.


    Compiled it on a Macbook, it didn't take so much time.

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  • From Yong@21:1/5 to Roderick on Wed Jul 14 23:22:26 2021
    On 7/12/21 3:38 PM, Roderick wrote:

    Compiling Emacs 26.3 from the repository takes much longer than
    compiling from the tar ball offered.

    Also compiling emacs 27.2 took a lot of time. An "gmake check" hangs
    at "GEN  lisp/autorevert-tests.log". I did see some failed tests.

    Can I trust the editor in spite of it?

    Thanks

    Rod.



    Compiled it on a Macbook, didn't use so much time.

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  • From Alan Mackenzie@21:1/5 to Roderick on Thu Jul 15 18:20:57 2021
    Hello, Rod.

    Roderick <[email protected]> wrote:

    Compiling Emacs 26.3 from the repository takes much longer than
    compiling from the tar ball offered.

    Yes. From the tar ball, you're only compiling the C files (plus one or
    two minor things), as the Lisp files are distributed as compiled as well
    as as source. From the repository, you're also compiling all the Lisp
    files.

    Also compiling emacs 27.2 took a lot of time. An "gmake check" hangs
    at "GEN lisp/autorevert-tests.log". I did see some failed tests.

    Yes, failed tests are annoying, and shouldn't really escape into
    releases. But they do.

    Can I trust the editor in spite of it?

    Yes. For what it's worth I trust it.

    Thanks

    Rod.

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    Alan Mackenzie (Nuremberg, Germany).

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