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authorAzat Khuzhin <azat@libevent.org>2023-02-12 15:19:51 +0100
committerAzat Khuzhin <azat@libevent.org>2023-02-12 16:30:03 +0100
commit866b751b7192fd002a31f330a1540f14cb446818 (patch)
tree5565a2b9a0b62a1975a3a23778c0d37d2c6b9ab1
parent765fb4108d06726b43a30afda8a6e3b55b5e91b3 (diff)
downloadlibevent-866b751b7192fd002a31f330a1540f14cb446818.tar.gz
Deprecate autotools build
-rw-r--r--README.md34
1 files changed, 18 insertions, 16 deletions
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 51482f79..da55822b 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -13,16 +13,18 @@
# 1. BUILDING AND INSTALLATION
-## Autoconf
+See [Documentation/Building#Autoconf](/Documentation/Building.md#autoconf) for more information
+
+## CMake (Unix)
```
-$ ./configure
+$ mkdir build && cd build
+$ cmake .. # Default to Unix Makefiles.
$ make
-$ make verify # (optional)
-$ sudo make install
+$ make verify # (optional)
```
-See [Documentation/Building#Autoconf](/Documentation/Building.md#autoconf) for more information
+See [Documentation/Building#Building on Unix (With CMake)](/Documentation/Building.md#building-on-unix-cmake) for more information
## CMake (Windows)
@@ -36,17 +38,6 @@ $ cmake --build . --config Release # Or "start libevent.sln" and build with menu
See [Documentation/Building#Building on Windows](/Documentation/Building.md#building-on-windows) for more information
-## CMake (Unix)
-
-```
-$ mkdir build && cd build
-$ cmake .. # Default to Unix Makefiles.
-$ make
-$ make verify # (optional)
-```
-
-See [Documentation/Building#Building on Unix (With CMake)](/Documentation/Building.md#building-on-unix-cmake) for more information
-
## Package Managers
You can download and install libevent using the [vcpkg](https://github.com/Microsoft/vcpkg) dependency manager:
@@ -59,6 +50,17 @@ You can download and install libevent using the [vcpkg](https://github.com/Micro
The libevent port in vcpkg is kept up to date by Microsoft team members and community contributors. If the version is out of date, please [create an issue or pull request](https://github.com/Microsoft/vcpkg) on the vcpkg repository.
+## Autoconf
+
+*Note, since 2.2 it is deprecated*
+
+```
+$ ./configure
+$ make
+$ make verify # (optional)
+$ sudo make install
+```
+
# 2. USEFUL LINKS:
For the latest released version of Libevent, see the official website at