From 799b5d30ee55df61a9ffcf6485dfb6bca4091d13 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: dbs Date: Fri, 19 Dec 2008 21:22:29 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Cover the developer case for bootstrapping the source git-svn-id: svn://svn.open-ils.org/OpenSRF/trunk@1545 9efc2488-bf62-4759-914b-345cdb29e865 --- README | 23 +++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 23 insertions(+) diff --git a/README b/README index 03000d3..b3f33fc 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -25,6 +25,12 @@ prerequisites for CentOS 5 and RHEL 5, or "gentoo" for Gentoo - but these are less tested distributions. Your patches and suggestions for improvement are welcome! +Note: If you are installing this using a copy of the source code that was +checked out directly from the OpenSRF Subversion repository rather +than from a downloaded release of the source code, there are a few +additional prerequisite tools and steps that you will need to follow. +See "Developer instructions" at the bottom of the file. + Configuration and compilation instructions: ========================================== @@ -182,6 +188,23 @@ $ /etc/init.d/dnsmasq restart Then edit /etc/resolv.conf and ensure that "nameserver 127.0.0.1" is the first entry in the file. +Developer instructions: +====================== + +Developers working directly with the source code from the Subversion +repository will also need to install some extra packages and perform +one more step before they can proceed with the "./configure" step. + +Install the following packages: + * autoconf + * automake + * libtool + +Run the following command in the source directory to generate the configure +script and Makefiles: + +$ ./autogen.sh + Getting help: ============ -- 2.43.2