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From: Mark H Weaver <mhw@netris.org>
To: Roel Janssen <roel@gnu.org>
Cc: control@debbugs.gnu.org, 27771@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#27771: [PATCH] Add INSTALL file.
Date: Thu, 20 Jul 2017 23:22:37 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87o9secw3m.fsf@netris.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87pocvxven.fsf@gnu.org> (Roel Janssen's message of "Thu, 20 Jul 2017 12:19:44 +0200")

tags 27771 + notabug
close 27771
thanks

Hi Roel,

Roel Janssen <roel@gnu.org> writes:

> The README file refers to the INSTALL file, which was deliberately
> ignored in the .gitignore file.  This may be confusing for people
> that are looking for the INSTALL file, following the instructions
> in the README.
>
> I would therefore like to add the INSTALL file, which is what this
> patch does.

The INSTALL file is included in our tarball releases.  It is missing
only from a pristine git checkout.  The instructions included in it
won't work from a pristine git checkout anyway.

Like the ./configure script and several other important components of
the build system, INSTALL is created by the GNU autotools when you run
./autogen.sh.  We intentionally omit the results of running ./autogen.sh
in our git repository, because they are not part of Guile's source code.

The HACKING file includes instructions for building from a pristine git
checkout.

I'm closing this bug.  Thanks anyway :)

      Mark





      reply	other threads:[~2017-07-21  3:22 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 2+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2017-07-20 10:19 bug#27771: [PATCH] Add INSTALL file Roel Janssen
2017-07-21  3:22 ` Mark H Weaver [this message]

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