On 09/28/2015 04:20 AM, Robert Parker wrote: > I need to meet the requirements of 2 sets of users, the ordinary user who > is only interested `./configure; make; make install` and the power users > who want to start with `autoreconf`. > > So far google search on the topic has only increased my confusion.
The most common solution: don't store anything but configure.ac and Makefile.am in git. The power user checks out git, and runs 'autoreconf' to bootstrap the project, then runs 'make dist' to create a self-contained tarball. The ordinary user takes a tarball, unpacks it, and runs './configure; make; make install' without needing any autotools installed. Ordinary users therefore do NOT use direct git checkouts. Working with git is reserved for power users. -- Eric Blake eblake redhat com +1-919-301-3266 Libvirt virtualization library http://libvirt.org
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