Jim Meyering wrote:
Minor changes:* README-dev: Don't mention precise versions; they get out of date. Add pkgconfig (aka pkg-config) to the list. Emphasize the need for the latest stable versions of these tools.
I think I have got all these changes merged in as rev 483979. Apologies if I have missed/overwritten anyones updates to the file.
Index: README-dev =================================================================== --- README-dev (revision 483505) +++ README-dev (working copy) @@ -2,19 +2,26 @@ == Prerequisites == -As per README-dist plus: - * autoconf 2.59: http://www.gnu.org/software/autoconf - * automake 1.9.6: http://www.gnu.org/software/automake - * libtool 1.5: http://www.gnu.org/software/libtool - * CppUnit 1.10.2: http://cppunit.sourceforge.net +If you have taken the sources from SVN you will need the following +packages (or later) to build Qpid. We prefer to avoid spending time +accommodating older versions of these packages, so please make sure +that you have the latest stable version. + * autoconf <http://www.gnu.org/software/autoconf/> + * automake <http://www.gnu.org/software/automake/> + * cppunit <http://cppunit.sourceforge.net> + * help2man <http://www.gnu.org/software/help2man/> + * libtool <http://www.gnu.org/software/libtool/> + * pkgconfig <http://pkgconfig.freedesktop.org/wiki/> (aka pkg-config) + Optional: to generate documentation from source code comments you need: - * doxygen 1.4.6: http://sourceforge.net/projects/doxygen/ - * graphviz 2.8: http://www.graphviz.org/ + * doxygen <http://sourceforge.net/projects/doxygen/> + * graphviz <http://www.graphviz.org/> + If you use yum to install packages, do the command from the README-dist then: -# yum install apr-devel cppunit-devel boost-devel doxygen graphviz + # yum install apr-devel cppunit-devel pkgconfig boost-devel doxygen graphviz == Recent changes ==
