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authorPaul Smith <psmith@gnu.org>2003-03-25 00:15:25 +0000
committerPaul Smith <psmith@gnu.org>2003-03-25 00:15:25 +0000
commit955899ef770fc289febe3f186e4533e09baa7076 (patch)
tree4f3b49e3a7c2acba5cb614fdcf118814db022843 /README.cvs
parent4068c5e4a3eb0f47ec3cb4ee4fad5dd2edb9de6f (diff)
downloadgunmake-955899ef770fc289febe3f186e4533e09baa7076.tar.gz
Commit fix for bug #1418.
Upgrade to require autoconf 2.56. Fix a pathological performance hit substituting in large values with lots of words.
Diffstat (limited to 'README.cvs')
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diff --git a/README.cvs b/README.cvs
index ff2d341..0b416e8 100644
--- a/README.cvs
+++ b/README.cvs
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ There is no password; just hit the ENTER key if you are asked for one.
Building From CVS
-----------------
-To build GNU make from CVS, you will need Autoconf 2.54 (or better),
+To build GNU make from CVS, you will need Autoconf 2.56 (or better),
Automake 1.7.1 (or better), and Gettext 0.11.5 (or better), and any
tools that those utilities require (GNU m4, Perl, etc.). You will also
need a copy of wget.
@@ -32,48 +32,18 @@ After checking out the code, you will need to perform these steps to get
to the point where you can run "make".
- 1) $ autopoint
+ 1) $ autoreconf -i -s
- This will instantiate various m4 macros files, etc. in the config
- and po directories.
+ This rebuilds all the things that need rebuilding, installing
+ missing files as symbolic links.
- 2) $ aclocal -I config
-
- Generate the proper aclocal.m4 file.
-
-
- 3) $ autoheader
-
- Generate a "config.h.in" file from the contents of configure.in,
- etc.
-
-
- 4) $ automake --add-missing
-
- Add (symlink) missing files into the distribution, and generate
- Makefile.in's from Makefile.am's.
-
- You will see these perhaps unexpected messages (among others which
- you should be expecting :)); just ignore them--I know what I'm doing
- :).
-
- Makefile.am: required file `./README' not found
- configure.in:xxx: required file `./build.sh.in' not found
- Makefile.am:xxx: automatically discovered file `getloadavg.c' should not be explicitly mentioned
-
-
- 5) $ autoconf
-
- Generate a "configure" script from configure.in and acinclude.m4.
-
-
- 6) $ ./configure
+ 2) $ ./configure
Generate a Makefile
- 7) $ make update
+ 3) $ make update
Use wget to retrieve various other files that GNU make relies on,
but does not keep in its own source tree.
@@ -129,11 +99,7 @@ This list is eminently suitable for a quick swipe o' the mouse and a
swift click o' mouse-2 into an xterm. Go for it!
-autopoint
-aclocal -I config
-autoheader
-automake --add-missing
-autoconf
+autoreconf -i -s
./configure
make update
make