From e4499a1fb51d560d9a29ba75176a7cb2b2c65b03 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Paul Smith Date: Tue, 17 Dec 2019 13:36:26 -0500 Subject: * Makefile.am: Build lzip package instead of bzip2 * README.git: Mention changed requirements. --- README.git | 16 ++++++++++------ 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) (limited to 'README.git') diff --git a/README.git b/README.git index 6589a3f1..15c78516 100644 --- a/README.git +++ b/README.git @@ -88,7 +88,11 @@ need to install the following extra software: * GCC (Clang's GCC emulation is not sufficient) * GNU make (POSIX make is not sufficient) -And any tools that those utilities require (GNU m4, Perl, etc.) +And any tools that those utilities require (GNU m4, etc.) + +To run the tests you must install Perl. + +To build a release you'll need to install lzip. GNU make requires gnulib to provide some facilities. If you want to maintain a local installation of gnulib you can set GNULIB_SRCDIR to point to it. @@ -166,16 +170,16 @@ run: and, if you like: - $ make dist-bzip2 + $ make dist-lzip Even better, you should run this: $ make distcheck -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. +Which will build both .gz and .lz package files, then unpack one into a +temporary location, try to build it and repack it, then verifying that +everything works, you get the same results, _and_ no extraneous files are +left over after the "distclean" rule. This package can be unpacked and built to give a "normal" (non-maintainer mode) result. -- cgit v1.2.1