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@@ -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 |