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author | Sergey Poznyakoff <gray@gnu.org.ua> | 2004-09-06 14:20:27 +0000 |
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committer | Sergey Poznyakoff <gray@gnu.org.ua> | 2004-09-06 14:20:27 +0000 |
commit | 884df2855861f8a7b289d1e460bf986625a10e5f (patch) | |
tree | 68453f0c90ef2c3052dbc3aa6115cdad2bef905f /README-alpha | |
parent | dff3a74f25f44d940ca246d53a82f46a10af10c5 (diff) | |
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diff --git a/README-alpha b/README-alpha index 5aa5800..3647f87 100644 --- a/README-alpha +++ b/README-alpha @@ -11,23 +11,68 @@ automake 1.8 libtool 1.4.3 gettext 0.13 -To build the configuration suite, run +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. - ./autogen.sh +When run without arguments, bootstrap will try to obtain gnulib and +paxutils files from their corresponding CVS repositories 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. + + --paxutils-srcdir=DIRNAME Specify the local directory where paxutils + sources reside. Use this if you already + have paxutils 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. Then, configure and build the package as usual. Report bugs to <bug-cpio@gnu.org> -To retrieve the sources from CVS issue the following command: + + +Copyright (C) 2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc. + +This file is part of GNU cpio. + +GNU cpio is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify +it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by +the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option) +any later version. -CVS_RSH=ssh \ - cvs -d :ext:anoncvs@savannah.gnu.org:/cvsroot/cpio checkout cpio +GNU cpio is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, +but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of +MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the +GNU General Public License for more details. -Make sure SSHv2 is used. +You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License +along with GNU cpio; see the file COPYING. If not, write to +the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, +Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA. -This will give you read-only access. If you think you need write access, -contact the maintainer. |