Re: Compile problem
"John H. Robinson, IV" <[email protected]>
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The git repository is not the distribution tarball. As long as the INSTALL-WMAKER file is generated at make time, and is included in the make dist-*, then it’s fine. Based upon my latest build of the master branch, that is indeed the case. If it really is auto-generated there is no need for it to be in the repository whatsoever. It’s merely a build artifact. A person going to the actual git repository is expected to be a developer, or someone who is interested in opening the doors and peeking inside the sausage factory, as it were. We can assume they know how to run autogen.sh, since there isn’t even a ./configure script. [jhriv@chao:/tmp/wmaker.next] (:e666cfc|…)± ./autogen.sh && ./configure && make dist-gzip && tar tf WindowMaker-0.95.6.tar.gz|grep INSTALL-WMAKER WindowMaker-0.95.6/INSTALL-WMAKER That’s from next, right before the commit that restored the auto generated INSTALL-WMAKER -john > On Jun 20, 2015, at 6:22 AM, Carlos R. Mafra <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Sat, 20 Jun 2015 at 12:05:42 +0200, Christophe wrote: >> ----- Josip Deanovic <[email protected]> a écrit : >> >>> Further more, one cannot read the list of prerequisites as the file >>> INSTALL-WMAKER gets built only after you already have some of them >>> met e.g. autoconf, automake, possibly more. >> >> Yes, that is a known limit of the procedure in place. Actually this >> file is more meant for people compiling from the official package, >> which do not have these problems. The goal is for people compiling from >> Git to find this information online on the Website, which is an ongoing >> task. > > Sorry, this makes no sense. > > The INSTALL-WMAKER file should be a plain text for people to read without > any hassle. It should contain information to help people install > wmaker. Its existence cannot depend on things that the file is meant to > warn about in the first place. > > Can we get the file back like it was? > > > -- > To unsubscribe, send mail to [email protected]. -- To unsubscribe, send mail to [email protected].