Re: Autoconf/Automake versions needed to build make from CVS

[J. Grant]

> You definitely need at least 0.12 and I think you'll really need
> 0.13.1.

Ok, thank you.


>   jg> They talk about having a preparation/boostrap script.  I could not
>   jg> spot one in the CVS.
>
> Check out the README.cvs file; there's a quick set of commands there
> that will get you from a vanilla CVS checkout to a distributable
> tarball.

Great, this README.cvs has all the info I need.


I attached a patch to revise README.cvs inline with the current
autoconf/gettext versions required to configure etc.


2004-02-29  Jonathan R. Grant  <address@hidden>

        * README.cvs: Update to make clear that Autoconf v2.58, Gettext
        v0.12, possibly v0.13.1 and Automake v1.8 are required to configure for
        development.


I am not certain about the Automake v1.8 requirement though, it seemed
to be indicated in the Makefile.am file that it was needed.  Could
someone check I got it right please?


> The big problem right now is that getting files added to Savannah is not
> so simple anymore after all the cracks.  I'm not sure how snapshots like
> that would be published.  I'll ask the GNU folks.

Ok, great, i look forward to hearing something about this.

Best regards

JG





Index: README.cvs
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvsroot/make/make/README.cvs,v
retrieving revision 2.11
diff -u -r2.11 README.cvs
--- README.cvs  22 Oct 2003 04:35:27 -0000      2.11
+++ README.cvs  29 Feb 2004 12:09:52 -0000
@@ -23,10 +23,10 @@
 Building From CVS
 -----------------
 
-To build GNU make from CVS, you will need Autoconf 2.57 (or better),
-Automake 1.7.3 (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.
+To build GNU make from CVS, you will need Autoconf 2.58 (or better),
+Automake 1.8 (or better), and at least Gettext 0.12, possibly 0.13.1,
+and any tools that those utilities require (GNU m4, Perl, etc.).  You
+will also need a copy of wget.
 
 After checking out the code, you will need to perform these steps to get
 to the point where you can run "make".