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Changes to m4/README,v
From: |
Eric Blake |
Subject: |
Changes to m4/README,v |
Date: |
Sat, 10 Jun 2006 15:17:14 +0000 |
CVSROOT: /sources/m4
Module name: m4
Changes by: Eric Blake <ericb> 06/06/10 15:17:11
Index: README
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RCS file: /sources/m4/m4/README,v
retrieving revision 1.7
retrieving revision 1.8
diff -u -b -r1.7 -r1.8
--- README 4 May 2005 15:45:43 -0000 1.7
+++ README 10 Jun 2006 15:17:11 -0000 1.8
@@ -5,12 +5,14 @@
running shell commands, doing arithmetic, etc. Autoconf needs GNU
`m4' for generating `configure' scripts, but not for running them.
-GNU `m4' has been originally written by René Seindal, from Denmark.
+GNU `m4' has been originally written by Rene' Seindal, from Denmark.
-GNU `m4' has a web site at http://www.seindal.dk/rene/gnu/.
+GNU `m4' has a web site at http://www.gnu.org/software/m4/.
If GNU `m4' is meant to serve GNU `autoconf', beware that `m4'
should be fully installed *prior to* configuring `autoconf' itself.
+Likewise, if you intend on hacking GNU `m4' from CVS, the bootstrap
+process requires that you first install a released copy of GNU `m4'.
In the subdirectories `tests' and `examples' you will find various m4
files, ranging from trivial test files to rather advanced macros. If
@@ -47,11 +49,6 @@
reason, compilation of shared libraries can be turned off by
specifying the `--disable-shared' option to `configure'.
-When compiling on cygwin (b20.1 at least), the cygwin getopt build
-doesn't handle optional arguments properly. The best way to get around
-this is to force the build to use the included getopt files like this,
-`ac_cv_func_getopt_long=no ./configure`.
-
Send bug reports, comments or ideas to address@hidden'. A bug report
is an adequate description of the problem: your input, what you
expected, what you got, and why this is wrong. Diffs are welcome, but
- Changes to m4/README,v,
Eric Blake <=