Re: [GnuCOBOL-users] generating tarstamp.h on trunk

[Simon Sobisch]

Am 18.09.2018 um 19:30 schrieb James K. Lowden:
> A few moments ago, I checked out the trunk, ran autoreconf and
> configure, but could not compile because of a Makefile error.  
> 
>   $ svn checkout https://svn.code.sf.net/p/open-cobol/code/trunk trunk
> 
> The Makefile failed to generate tarstamp.h. [...]
> 
> --jkl
> 


This is by design :-)


README says:
Development
============

If you wish to hack the GnuCOBOL source or build from version control,
see HACKING.


HACKING says:
If you build from VCS the tools in the first 4 lists are always needed.

For running build_aux/bootstrap (necessary after VCS checkout) /
reconfigure:
  o autoconf 2.64
  o automake 1.10.1
  o libtool 2.2.6
  o m4 1.4.12


I'm quite sure the part
*running build_aux/bootstrap (necessary after VCS checkout)*
should be more obvious.

Can you please suggest a patch/new version?
Simon