This is the GNU cpio package. This document describes the actions needed to build the pre-release or Git version of the package. See end of file for copying conditions. * Introduction This is a *pre-release* version, and not ready for production use yet. If you are taking source from Git, you will need to have several special tools to help contribute. See the file README-hacking for more information, See chapter `Building' for the detailed instructions on how to build the package. Please, note that the accompanying documentation may be inaccurate or incomplete. The Git logs are the authoritative documentation of all recent changes. You may convert them to the traditional ChangeLog format by running `make ChangeLog'. Report bugs to * Checking Out the Sources The following instructions apply if you wish to obtain sources from the Git repository: To clone the source tree from the repository, issue the following command: git clone git://git.savannah.gnu.org/cpio.git This will give you read-only access. If you think you need write access, contact the mailing list. * Building Usual procedures apply: ./configure make make install See INSTALL and README for the detailed instructions. * Copyright information: Copyright (C) 2004, 2006-2007, 2009-2010, 2014-2015 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 3, or (at your option) any later version. 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. 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. Local Variables: mode: outline paragraph-separate: "[ ]*$" version-control: never End: