From: Sergey Poznyakoff Date: Wed, 21 Jan 2004 10:32:40 +0000 (+0000) Subject: Updated X-Git-Url: https://git.brokenzipper.com/gitweb?a=commitdiff_plain;h=64dd6a38b4d7a104a884bfc385a2cbaa09053829;p=chaz%2Ftar Updated --- diff --git a/README-alpha b/README-alpha index 60b953c..30ed6f0 100644 --- a/README-alpha +++ b/README-alpha @@ -9,8 +9,8 @@ to accommodate older versions of these packages. If we discover that newer versions are needed to bootstrap, we'll update the version numbers in this list. -autoconf 2.57 -automake 1.7.5 +autoconf 2.59 +automake 1.8 bison 1.875 gettext 0.12.1 m4 1.4 @@ -22,33 +22,36 @@ This patch is bundled into Debian m4 1.4-17 or later. Before building the package, run "bootstrap". It obtains various additional files from the CVS repository and the Translation Project -site and prepares the source directory for building. The exact way -of invoking bootstrap depends on whether you have the sources for gnulib -installed somewhere on your system and on the method you use to access -the CVS at savannah. - -If you already have gnulib sources on your machine, run: - - ./bootstrap --gnulib-srcdir=DIRNAME - -Otherwise, if you have developer's access to savannah: - -a) if you access CVS via ssh, set the environment variable CVS_RSH -to ssh and run ./bootstrap without arguments. - -b) if you access CVS via Kerberos, run - - ./bootstrap --cvs-auth=gserver - -Otherwise, if you are not a member of Savannah, run - - ./bootstrap --cvs-auth=pserver - -When prompted for a password for anoncvs, simply press the Enter key. +site and prepares the source directory for building. + +When run without arguments, bootstrap will try to obtain gnulib files +from CVS repository on savannah using anonymous SSH access. Then, it +will fetch the po files from tar page at Translation Project, and, +finally, it will start autoconfiguration process. Simply running +it without arguments should do in most cases. Several options +allow to control the behavior of bootstrap: + + + --gnulib-srcdir=DIRNAME Specify the local directory where gnulib + sources reside. Use this if you already + have gnulib sources on your machine, and + do not want to waste your bandwidth dowloading + them again. + --cvs-auth=METHOD Set the CVS access method used for downloading + gnulib files. METHOD is one of the keywords + accepted by cvs -d option (see info cvs + repository). + --cvs-user=USERNAME Set the CVS username to be used when accessing + the gnulib repository. + --no-po Do not download po files. + +Notice also that when using CVS authentication method "ext", bootstrap +will set the variable CVS_RSH to "ssh", unless it is already set to +some other value. -Copyright (C) 2001, 2003 Free Software Foundation, Inc. +Copyright (C) 2001, 2003, 2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc. This file is part of GNU tar.