Re: [XBoard-devel] XBoard development version

[Arun Persaud]

Hi

On 11/02/2012 07:53 AM, John Summerfield wrote:
> I don't mind running the devel version, but you need to make it dead easy.
> 
> I tried the prebuilt rpm from the opensuse build farm on CentOS 6, but
> it crashed.

I'm not able to test on CentOS, do you have any idea why it crashed,
perhaps I can fix it on the build server...

> I thought I'd rather use the git code and build that, it's the sort of
> thing I have done many times over some decades. However, the
> instructions fall just a little short:
> 
> 
> How to build the development version
> git version
> 
> After cloning the git-repository or downloading and unpacking a snapshot
> tar ball, run ./autogen.sh, ./configure and then make and make install.
> 
> That's all well and good, but precisely what git command should I use?
> git clone <mumble mumble> I suppose....
> 
> Please, fix the instructions and then let me know to try again.

changed it on the web page. Let me know if this is better and thanks for
reporting this.

cheers
        ARUN