But configure and INSTALL.txt aren't in git. They're created by autogen.sh.
--- Knute Snortum (via Gmail) On Thu, Jul 30, 2020 at 2:18 PM H. S. Teoh <hst...@quickfur.ath.cx> wrote: > On Thu, Jul 30, 2020 at 10:05:27PM +0100, antlists wrote: > > On 30/07/2020 17:25, H. S. Teoh wrote: > > > On Mon, Jul 27, 2020 at 08:30:34AM -0700, Knute Snortum wrote: > > > > Well it looks like README.git should just contain this: > > > > Instructions for compiling LilyPond from source files can be > > > > found online at: > > > > > > > > [1] > https://lilypond.org/doc/v2.21/Documentation/contributor/index_17#Compiling > > > > > > Sounds like a good idea. > > > > > Does it? You're assuming internet access ... :-( > > > > Okay, most people will have it, but not all, and if all it needs is to > > run ./configure, then that's what should be in README.git. > [...] > > Yeah, assuming internet access is not so nice. README.git should at > least contain enough information to get INSTALL.txt generated without > needing online access, so that if you were to, hypothetically, get stuck > on a desert island without an internet connection (but somehow still > have your PC with you and a power source for it), you could in theory > compile a fresh checkout of lilypond. > > > T > > -- > Debugging is twice as hard as writing the code in the first place. > Therefore, if you write the code as cleverly as possible, you are, by > definition, not smart enough to debug it. -- Brian W. Kernighan > >
