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author | Werner Lemberg <wl@gnu.org> | 2013-12-22 09:38:14 +0100 |
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committer | Werner Lemberg <wl@gnu.org> | 2013-12-22 09:38:14 +0100 |
commit | 1c975b79714b0d861a9a32c30921c7236dcbc15a (patch) | |
tree | 63ea0a3cedf69b08e7692af8002b9a1951fe51dd /INSTALL.REPO | |
parent | 290eaaac6cfc33856cd683838accc72ccf3e5a84 (diff) | |
download | groff-git-1c975b79714b0d861a9a32c30921c7236dcbc15a.tar.gz |
Update top-level documentation regarding git repository and bug tracker.
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1 files changed, 24 insertions, 31 deletions
diff --git a/INSTALL.REPO b/INSTALL.REPO index 6e9fb5067..eedeecab6 100644 --- a/INSTALL.REPO +++ b/INSTALL.REPO @@ -1,21 +1,19 @@ Copyright 2013 Free Software Foundation, Inc. - Last Update: 16 Apr 2013 + Last Update: 22 Dec 2013 - Copying and distribution of this file, with or without modification, - are permitted in any medium without royalty provided the copyright - notice and this notice are preserved. + Copying and distribution of this file, with or without + modification, are permitted in any medium without royalty provided + the copyright notice and this notice are preserved. This file contains information that supplements the generic -installation instructions in file `INSTALL.autotools'. It is meant -for people building directly from the development repository, rather than +installation instructions in file `INSTALL.gen'. It is meant for +people building directly from the development repository, rather than a release or snapshot tarball . - If you want to start compiling the `groff' system with an existing -script `configure' you won't need the information ion this file. - +script `configure' you won't need the information in this file. But if you want to use the `GNU autotools' (`aclocal', `autoreconf') for creating the following and some more files: @@ -24,34 +22,30 @@ for creating the following and some more files: configure Makefile - To change the file `aclocal.m4', run the shell command $ aclocal -I m4 - -To recreate the files `configure' and `Makefile', use the shell command +To recreate the files `configure' and `Makefile', use the shell +command $ autoreconf -I m4 - The option `-I m4' is necessary. It refers to the subdirectory `m4' -that has files with m4 macro definitions that are needed by the -`autotools'. +that has files with m4 macro definitions needed by the `autotools'. +If you use an old `autoreconf' version < 2.69, there might be an error +warning like: -If you use an old `autoreconf' version < 2.69, there might be an -error warning like: - - /usr/share/aclocal/gtkglextmm-1.2.m4:225: warning: underquoted \ -definition of AC_GTKGLEXTMM_SUPPORTS_MULTIHEAD - /usr/share/aclocal/gtkglextmm-1.2.m4:225: run info \ -'(automake)Extending aclocal' - /usr/share/aclocal/gtkglextmm-1.2.m4:225: or see \ -http://www.gnu.org/software/automake/manual/automake.html#Extending-aclocal - -Just ignore this. It doesn't occur in the actual versions of `autoreconf'. + /usr/share/aclocal/gtkglextmm-1.2.m4:225: + warning: underquoted definition of AC_GTKGLEXTMM_SUPPORTS_MULTIHEAD + /usr/share/aclocal/gtkglextmm-1.2.m4:225: + run info '(automake)Extending aclocal' + /usr/share/aclocal/gtkglextmm-1.2.m4:225: + or see http://www.gnu.org/software/automake/manual/automake.html#Extending-aclocal +Just ignore this. It doesn't occur in the actual versions of +`autoreconf'. You may even use the shell command @@ -60,11 +54,10 @@ You may even use the shell command instead of `autoreconf', but that will ignore some features. So `autoreconf' is better. - -`automake' is not used. `autoreconf' does part of this. If you know -about creating `Makefile.am' files we are glad to have you for the -inclusion of `automake'. Take contact with the `groff Mailinglist'. - +`automake' is not used currently, however, we plan to convert the +build system accordingly. If you know about creating `Makefile.am' +files we are glad to have you for the inclusion of `automake'. Take +contact with the `groff Mailinglist'. After the use of the `GNU autotools', the usual compilation should work. If the run of `configure' produces error reports you have |