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@@ -119,14 +119,24 @@ That is, you can just run: $ ./configure $ make check - $ make install -to build and install GNU make. +to build and test GNU make. -NOTE! This method builds GNU make in "maintainer mode". In this mode it will - be slower, possibly MUCH slower: there are various sanity checks - enabled. If you want to build from Git with "maintainer mode" disabled, - add "MAKE_MAINTAINER_MODE=" to your make command line. +NOTE! This method builds GNU make in "maintainer mode". Make programs built + in this mode it will be slower, possibly MUCH slower: there are various + sanity checks enabled. Further this mode assumes a modern GCC, GNU + libc, and well-formed system headers and enables a high level of + warnings AND enables -Werror to turn warnings into failures. + + If you want to build from Git with "maintainer mode" disabled, add + "MAKE_MAINTAINER_MODE=" to the make command line. If you want to turn + off the extra warning flags, add "MAKE_CFLAGS=" to the make command + line. + + For example: + $ ./configure + $ make check MAKE_MAINTAINER_MODE= MAKE_CFLAGS= + $ make install Building From Git for Windows @@ -165,9 +175,10 @@ Even better, you should run this: Which will build both .gz and .bz2 package files, then unpack them into a temporary location, try to build them, and repack them, verifying that everything works, you get the same results, _and_ no extraneous files -are left over after the "distclean" rule--whew!! Now, _that_ is why -converting to Automake is worth the trouble! A big "huzzah!" to Tom -T. and the AutoToolers! +are left over after the "distclean" rule. + +This package can be unpacked and built to give a "normal" (non-maintainer +mode) result. Steps to Release |