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+                                                                     -*-text-*-
+
+Obtaining CVS Code
+------------------
+
+This seems redundant, since if you're reading this you most likely have
+already performed this step; however, for completeness, you can obtain
+the GNU make source code via anonymous CVS from the FSF's Savannah
+project <http://savannah.gnu.org/projects/make/>:
+
+  $ cvs -d:pserver:anoncvs@subversions.gnu.org:/cvsroot/make co make
+
+You might want to use the "-z3" option to get compression, and you most
+certainly will want the -P option to avoid unneeded directories
+cluttering up your source.  Personally I add these (as well as -dP for
+update) to my ~/.cvsrc file.
+
+
+If you have an older version of CVS, you might have to login first.
+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 2.53 (or better),
+Automake 1.6.1 (or better), and Gettext 0.11.1 (or better), and any
+tools that those utilities require (GNU m4, Perl, etc.).
+
+After checking out the code, you will need to perform these steps to get
+to the point where you can run "configure" then "make".
+
+Hopefully at some point in the (near) future this will all be obsolete
+and you can just run "autoreconf" and have it DTRT.
+
+
+ 1) $ gettextize --no-changelog
+    $ mv config/Makefile.am{~,}
+    $ mv Makefile.am{~,}
+    $ mv configure.in{~,}
+
+    This will instantiate various m4 macros files, etc. in the config
+    and po directories.
+
+    The mv commands are necessary because gettextize doesn't realize
+    that the things it's adding to those files already exist in it.
+
+
+
+ 2) $ aclocal -I config
+
+    Generate the proper aclocal.m4 file.
+
+
+ 3) $ 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
+
+
+ 4) $ autoconf
+
+    Generate a "configure" script from configure.in and acinclude.m4.
+
+
+ 5) $ autoheader
+
+    Generate a "config.h.in" file from the contents of configure.in,
+    etc.
+
+
+At this point you have successfully brought your CVS copy of the GNU
+make source directory up to the point where it can be treated
+more-or-less like the official package you would get from ftp.gnu.org.
+That is, you can just run:
+
+  $ ./configure && make && make check && make install
+
+to build and install GNU make.
+
+
+Creating a Package
+------------------
+
+Once you have performed the above steps (including the configuration and
+build) you can create a GNU make package.  This is very simple, just
+run:
+
+  $ make dist-gzip
+
+and, if you like:
+
+  $ make dist-bzip2
+
+After you do this you should be sure to run "make distcheck" to be sure
+that the package file is correct.
+
+That's it!