Hi,

Otto Wyss <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

> Can't it be mentioned in the README before the configure statement?
> Something like :
> 
> If you build from CVS run first "./autogen.sh" (or "./autogen.sh
> --enable-multi").

I don't think that's a good idea. If at all, add that info to a new
file. A lot of projects use HACKING for info that is relevant to
developers who are compiling from CVS.

Adding a note about autogen.sh to the README leads to people running
autogen.sh in an unpacked release tarball. If the auto tools aren't
setup properly (which isn't uncommon), doing so may lead to a
corrupted configure script and/or broken Makefiles. The users than
show up here and report weird build problems. May not have happened
for DirectFB but I've made this experience in other projects.


Sven


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