From 15629dc77285d6359f67108deb154af9e60f53a9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Werner Koch Date: Mon, 3 Jan 2011 16:14:28 +0100 Subject: Changed repository instructions --- README.GIT | 51 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ README.SVN | 51 --------------------------------------------------- 2 files changed, 51 insertions(+), 51 deletions(-) create mode 100644 README.GIT delete mode 100644 README.SVN diff --git a/README.GIT b/README.GIT new file mode 100644 index 000000000..27180f211 --- /dev/null +++ b/README.GIT @@ -0,0 +1,51 @@ +If you are building from GIT, run the script + +./autogen.sh + +first, to make sure that you have all the necessary maintainer tools +are installed and to build the actual configuration files. If you +have just checked out from GIT, you should add the option "--force" to +autogen.sh so that meta data is noticed by autom4te.cache. Then run + +./configure --enable-maintainer-mode + +followed by the usual make. + +If autogen.sh complains about insufficient versions of the required +tools, or the tools are not installed, you may use environment +variables to override the default tool names: + + AUTOMAKE_SUFFIX is used as a suffix for all tools from the automake + package. For example + AUTOMAKE_SUFFIX="-1.7" ./autogen.sh + uses "automake-1.7" and "aclocal-1.7. + AUTOMAKE_PREFIX is used as a prefix for all tools from the automake + page and may be combined with AUTOMAKE_SUFFIX. e.g.: + AUTOMAKE_PREFIX=/usr/foo/bin ./autogen.sh + uses "automake" and "aclocal" in the /usr/foo/bin + directory. + AUTOCONF_SUFFIX is used as a suffix for all tools from the automake + package + AUTOCONF_PREFIX is used as a prefix for all tools from the automake + package + GETTEXT_SUFFIX is used as a suffix for all tools from the gettext + package + GETTEXT_PREFIX is used as a prefix for all tools from the gettext + package + +It is also possible to use the variable name AUTOMAKE, AUTOCONF, +ACLOCAL, AUTOHEADER, GETTEXT and MSGMERGE to directly specify the name +of the programs to run. It is however better to use the suffix and +prefix forms as described above because that does not require +knowledge about the actual tools used by autogen.sh. + + +Please don't use autopoint, libtoolize or autoreconf unless you are +the current maintainer and want to update the standard configuration +files. All those files should be in GIT and only updated manually +if the maintainer decides that newer versions are required. The +maintainer should also make sure that the required version of automake +et al. are properly indicated at the top of configure.ac and take care +to copy the files and not merely use symlinks. + + diff --git a/README.SVN b/README.SVN deleted file mode 100644 index c6422829f..000000000 --- a/README.SVN +++ /dev/null @@ -1,51 +0,0 @@ -If you are building from Subversion, run the script - -./autogen.sh - -first, to make sure that you have all the necessary maintainer tools -are installed and to build the actual configuration files. If you -have just updated from SVN, you should add the option "--force" to -autogen.sh so that meta data from SVN is noticed. Then run - -./configure --enable-maintainer-mode - -followed by the usual make. - -If autogen.sh complains about insufficient versions of the required -tools, or the tools are not installed, you may use environment -variables to override the default tool names: - - AUTOMAKE_SUFFIX is used as a suffix for all tools from the automake - package. For example - AUTOMAKE_SUFFIX="-1.7" ./autogen.sh - uses "automake-1.7" and "aclocal-1.7. - AUTOMAKE_PREFIX is used as a prefix for all tools from the automake - page and may be combined with AUTOMAKE_SUFFIX. e.g.: - AUTOMAKE_PREFIX=/usr/foo/bin ./autogen.sh - uses "automake" and "aclocal" in the /usr/foo/bin - directory. - AUTOCONF_SUFFIX is used as a suffix for all tools from the automake - package - AUTOCONF_PREFIX is used as a prefix for all tools from the automake - package - GETTEXT_SUFFIX is used as a suffix for all tools from the gettext - package - GETTEXT_PREFIX is used as a prefix for all tools from the gettext - package - -It is also possible to use the variable name AUTOMAKE, AUTOCONF, -ACLOCAL, AUTOHEADER, GETTEXT and MSGMERGE to directly specify the name -of the programs to run. It is however better to use the suffix and -prefix forms as described above because that does not require -knowledge about the actual tools used by autgen.sh. - - -Please don't use autopoint, libtoolize or autoreconf unless you are -the current maintainer and want to update the standard configuration -files. All those files should be in the SVN and only updated manually -if the maintainer decides that newer versions are required. The -maintainer should also make sure that the required version of automake -et al. are properly indicated at the top of configure.ac and take care -to copy the files and not merely use symlinks. - - -- cgit v1.2.3