ChangeLogTag:Sun Nov 14 18:13:37 1999 Ossama Othman <othman@cs.wustl.edu>

1 files changed, 55 insertions, 24 deletions

diff --git a/ACE-configuration.txt b/ACE-configuration.txt
index 2ed4d444959..cb68fad0edc 100644
--- a/ACE-configuration.txt
+++ b/ACE-configuration.txt
@@ -1,31 +1,62 @@
-----------------------------------------------------------------
-Configuring ACE Using the `configure' Script
-----------------------------------------------------------------
-
-To help speed development, the work being done by the ACE Configuration Project
-is being slowly introduced into the official ACE distribution.  Some of the
-functionality in the work created by the ACE Configuration Project has been
-removed so that ACE may be built in the usual fashion.  Once the ACE
-Configuration Project work stabilizes on more platforms that removed
-functionality may be added to ACE.
+* $Id$ *
 
-Currently the configure script contains most of the tests that are necessary to
-properly configure ACE on most platforms.  However, there are still some
-autoconf tests that are missing.  As such, you may encounter and most likely
-will have compilation problems.  Please report any problems to the contacts
-listed at the end of this document.
-
-The `configure' script that is currently being used has been modified from the
-ACE Configuration Project's `configure' script to prevent makefiles from
-being automatically generated since there are still some issues that must be
-addressed before automatically generated makefiles are incorporated into the 
-official ACE distribution.
-
-A listing of available configure script options can be shown by entering
+================================================================
+Configuring ACE Using the `configure' Script
+================================================================
+
+QuickStart
+----------
+Since autoconf support in ACE is still under development, to enable
+support for autoconf in ACE, run the script `bootstrap' in the `bin'
+directory found in the top-level ACE source directory from the
+top-level source directory.  For example, the following set of
+commands will set up ACE's autoconf support, and cause ACE to be
+configured and built:
+
+
+    bin/bootstrap
+    mkdir objdir
+    cd objdir
+    ../configure --enable-maintainer-mode.
+    make
+
+Note that this bootstrapping procedure requires that GNU Autoconf (>=
+2.13), GNU Automake (>= 1.4) and GNU libtool (>= 1.3.3) are installed
+and available in your path in order for the procedure to be
+successful.  Once autoconf support in ACE is fully integrated, these
+requirements will not be necessary.  You will be able to simply run
+the configure script without any options.
+
+Description
+-----------
+To help speed development, the work being done by the ACE
+Configuration Project is being slowly introduced into the official ACE
+distribution.  Some of the functionality in the work created by the
+ACE Configuration Project has been removed so that ACE may be built in
+the usual fashion.  Once the ACE Configuration Project work stabilizes
+on more platforms that removed functionality may be added to ACE.
+
+Currently the configure script contains most of the tests that are
+necessary to properly configure ACE on most platforms.  However, there
+are still some autoconf tests that are missing.  As such, you may
+encounter and most likely will have compilation problems.  Please
+report any problems to the contacts listed at the end of this
+document.
+
+The `configure' script that is currently being used has been modified
+from the ACE Configuration Project's `configure' script to prevent
+makefiles from being automatically generated since there are still
+some issues that must be addressed before automatically generated
+makefiles are incorporated into the official ACE distribution.
+
+A listing of available configure script options can be shown by
+entering:
 
 	./configure --help
 
-at the command line.  The output should look something like the following:
+at the command line.  The output should look something like the
+following:
+
 
 Usage: configure [options] [host]
 Options: [defaults in brackets after descriptions]