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@@ -30,7 +30,10 @@ by sending a mail with subject "subscribe" to
-Please run scripts/autogen.sh to create some required files.
+You must run scripts/autogen.sh before doing the ./configure,
+as this creates some needed while which are not in the CVS.
+autogen.sh should checks that you have all required tools
+installed.
RSYNC access
@@ -41,6 +44,17 @@ of the CVS head revision is also available. See rsync(1) and try
+Special Tools
+=============
+Documention is based on the docbook DTD. Actually we have only the
+man page for now. To build a man page you need the docbook-to-man
+tool and all the other thinks needed for SGML processing. Debian
+comes with the docbook tools and you only need this docbook-to-man
+script which is comes with gtk-doc or download it from
+ftp.openit.de:/pub/devel/sgml. If you don't have it everything
+should still work fine but you will have only a dummy man page.
+
+
RFCs
====