summaryrefslogtreecommitdiff
path: root/INSTALL.REPO
diff options
context:
space:
mode:
Diffstat (limited to 'INSTALL.REPO')
-rw-r--r--INSTALL.REPO10
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/INSTALL.REPO b/INSTALL.REPO
index 6e2a5c11f..75922a2cb 100644
--- a/INSTALL.REPO
+++ b/INSTALL.REPO
@@ -16,6 +16,16 @@ need them only if you want to build groff from the git repository.
1. Initial build
----------------
+You will need autoconf version and 2.65 or higher and automake version
+1.12.2 or higher. These minimal versions are set in the bootstrap.conf
+file.
+
+On operating systems supporting concurrent installation of multiple
+versions of the autotools, set the following environment variables:
+
+ export AUTOMAKE_VERSION=1.12
+ export AUTOCONF_VERSION=2.65
+
First invoke the bootstrap script:
$ ./bootstrap