[6776] README-hacking

[Gavin D. Smith]

Revision: 6776
          http://svn.sv.gnu.org/viewvc/?view=rev&root=texinfo&revision=6776
Author:   gavin
Date:     2015-11-10 12:42:23 +0000 (Tue, 10 Nov 2015)
Log Message:
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README-hacking

Modified Paths:
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    trunk/ChangeLog
    trunk/README-hacking

Modified: trunk/ChangeLog
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--- trunk/ChangeLog     2015-11-10 12:38:52 UTC (rev 6775)
+++ trunk/ChangeLog     2015-11-10 12:42:23 UTC (rev 6776)
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 2015-11-10  Gavin Smith  <address@hidden>
 
+       * README-hacking: Add hints about the interdependencies between 
+       subdirectories.
+
+2015-11-10  Gavin Smith  <address@hidden>
+
        * configure.ac: Pass on all the options we were passed when 
        calling configure in the XSParagraph subdirectory.  Don't use 
        AC_CONFIG_SUBDIRS for this subdirectory, to save configuring

Modified: trunk/README-hacking
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--- trunk/README-hacking        2015-11-10 12:38:52 UTC (rev 6775)
+++ trunk/README-hacking        2015-11-10 12:42:23 UTC (rev 6776)
@@ -43,6 +43,14 @@
 diagnostics; however, removing all possible warning messages, or
 warnings with nonfree compilers, is explicitly not a goal.
 
+Running make in one particular subdirectory is possible, for example
+make -C info.  However there are interdependencies between the 
+subdirectories, notably on gnulib, so if you don't want to run "make", 
+you may have to run "make -C gnulib/lib" first.
+
+Additionally, make dist may not work until make has been run at least 
+once, because of rules to create man pages under the man/ directory.
+
 Gnulib
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