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@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@ +Note that these instructions are *not* necessary for distribution +tarballs; they have separate configure/build instructions. + +Building this package from CVS is mainly intended for developers. +General users should obtain office distribution packages; both source +and binary distributions are available at http://www.vorbis.com/. + +----- + +These are *brief* instructions on how to build this package from CVS. +Yes, there are details left out. + +There are generally four steps necessary when building from CVS (i.e., +a developer's copy): + +1. cvs checkout of the sources, or cvs update. RTFM from your + favorite flavor of CVS documentation; information on the xiph.org + CVS repository can be found at http://www.xiph.org/cvs.html. + +2. [re-]generate files such as "configure" and "Makefile.in" with the + GNU autoconf/automake tools. Run the "autogen.sh" script to + perform this step. + + *** IF YOU ARE NOT BUILDING WITH GNU MAKE *AND* GCC: you must set + the AUTOMAKE_FLAGS envirnoment variable to "--include-deps" + before running autogen.sh. For example: + + csh% setenv AUTOMAKE_FLAGS --include-deps + csh% ./autogen.sh + or + sh% AUTOMAKE_FLAGS=--include-deps ./autogen.sh + +3. Run configure. There are several options available; see + "./configure --help" for more information. + +4. Run "make" to build the source. + +In general, steps 2 and 3 need to be re-run every time any of the +following files are modified (either manually or by a cvs update): + + configure.in + acinclude.m4 + +Running "make clean" after running steps 2 and 3 is generally also +advisable before running step 4. It isn't *always* necessary, but +unless you understand the workings of autoconf/automake, it's safest +to just do it. @@ -53,8 +53,8 @@ aclocal $ACLOCAL_FLAGS #autoheader echo " libtoolize --automake" libtoolize --automake -echo " automake --add-missing" -automake --add-missing +echo " automake --add-missing $AUTOMAKE_FLAGS" +automake --add-missing $AUTOMAKE_FLAGS echo " autoconf" autoconf |