CVSROOT: /sources/m4 Module name: m4 Branch: branch-1_4 Changes by: Eric Blake <ericb> 06/09/21 13:07:02
Index: README =================================================================== RCS file: /sources/m4/m4/README,v retrieving revision 1.1.1.1.2.3 retrieving revision 1.1.1.1.2.4 diff -u -b -r1.1.1.1.2.3 -r1.1.1.1.2.4 --- README 22 Aug 2006 16:13:38 -0000 1.1.1.1.2.3 +++ README 21 Sep 2006 13:07:02 -0000 1.1.1.1.2.4 @@ -10,6 +10,13 @@ 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'. + +If you are just trying to build `m4' from a released tarball, you +should not normally need to run `./bootstrap' or `autoreconf'; just go +ahead and start with `./configure'. If you are trying to build `m4' +from CVS, more information can be found in the CVS-only file HACKING. In the subdirectory `examples' you will find various m4 files, ranging from trivial test files to rather advanced macros. If you intend to @@ -24,7 +31,7 @@ By using `./configure --enable-changeword', you get an experimental feature which allows for changing the syntax of what is a "word" in `m4'. This feature will not be present in m4 2.0, but will be -replaced by other new features which provide the same capability, so +replaced by other new features which provide similar capability, so do not count on it. Send bug reports to [EMAIL PROTECTED]'. A bug report is an adequate
