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bug#25377: No INSTALL in git sources
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Assaf Gordon |
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Subject: |
bug#25377: No INSTALL in git sources |
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Date: |
Fri, 6 Jan 2017 18:08:03 -0500 |
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tag 25377 notabug
thanks
Hello,
On 01/06/2017 08:24 AM, jean-christophe manciot wrote:
> sed sources from git://git.sv.gnu.org/sed
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> I could not find any autogen.sh nor configure.
[...]
> How are we supposed to build configure?
When building from git, the './bootstrap' script should be used
(it is similar to but more elaborate than just 'autogen.sh' or
'autoreconf -if').
Running 'bootstrap' will also create the INSTALL file.
This is explained in README-hacking file (since building directly from
git is considered more advanced, e.g. for 'hackers').
I do notice that the plain README file does refer to the non-existing
INSTALL file (which does exist if built from tarball).
I'll add a small patch to improve it (leaving this bug open until I do).
regards,
- assaf