CVSROOT: /sources/m4 Module name: m4 Changes by: Eric Blake <ericb> 06/06/10 15:17:11
Index: README =================================================================== 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 [EMAIL PROTECTED]'. 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
