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@@ -1,17 +1,18 @@ If you are building from CVS, run the script -./autogen.sh +$ ./autogen.sh -first, to make sure that you have all the necessary maintainer tools -are installed and to build the actual configuration files. Then run +to make sure that all the necessary maintainer tools are installed and +to build the actual configuration files. Then run -./configure --enable-maintainer-mode +$ ./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: +tools, or the tools are not installed in the default location, 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 @@ -23,29 +24,27 @@ variables to override the default tool names: uses "automake" and "aclocal" in the /usr/foo/bin directory. AUTOCONF_SUFFIX is used as a suffix for all tools from the automake - package + package. AUTOCONF_PREFIX is used as a prefix for all tools from the automake - package + package. GETTEXT_SUFFIX is used as a suffix for all tools from the gettext - package + package. GETTEXT_PREFIX is used as a prefix for all tools from the gettext - package + 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. +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 the CVS 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. - - - - +files. All the files generated from these tools should be in the +repository 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. |