On Tue, 16 Jan 2001, Richard E. Hawkins wrote:
> Unless I'm missing something, the cvs build instructions are wrong.
>
> Rather than checkout, autoconf, configure, it seems to be necessary
> to run autogen.sh before configure--otherwise there are missing macro
> messages.
>
> Should I submit a patch to INSTALL.autoconf?
>
> rick
>
This file is the standard instructions for an autoconf system. They are
intended to be read by a user using a pre-setup tarball package.
So, no, it shouldn't be patched. Yes, you do need to run ./autogen.sh if
you're using a CVS build.
john
p.s. in fact, autogen.sh is a semi-standard used for CVS builds of several
auto-based packages
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