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diff --git a/INSTALL.autotools b/INSTALL.autotools new file mode 100644 index 00000000..17b93a39 --- /dev/null +++ b/INSTALL.autotools @@ -0,0 +1,69 @@ + Copyright 2013 + Free Software Foundation, Inc. + + Last Update: 16 Apr 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. + +This file contains information that supplements the generic +installation instructions in file `INSTALL.autotools'. + + +If you want to start compiling the `groff' system with an existing +script `configure' you won't need the information ion this file. + + +But if you want to use the `GNU autotools' (`aclocal', `autoreconf') +for creating the following and some more files: + + aclocal.m4 + 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 + + $ 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'. + + +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'. + + +You may even use the shell command + + $ autoconf + +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'. + + +After the use of the `GNU autotools', the usual compilation should +work. If the run of `configure' produces error reports you have +produced errors in the `autotools' modification. |