From: Petter Urkedal Date: Tue, 21 Aug 2012 21:08:08 +0000 (+0200) Subject: Elaborate comment on dependencies in autogen.sh. X-Git-Tag: gc7_4_0~232 X-Git-Url: https://granicus.if.org/sourcecode?a=commitdiff_plain;h=7fdcd363e14919a211035bd99b34baa8662d2377;p=gc Elaborate comment on dependencies in autogen.sh. --- diff --git a/autogen.sh b/autogen.sh index 42dc8c3a..8a614f91 100755 --- a/autogen.sh +++ b/autogen.sh @@ -3,9 +3,14 @@ set -e # This script creates (or regenerates) configure (as well as aclocal.m4, # config.h.in, Makefile.in, etc.) missing in the source repository. - -# Note: in case of problems (e.g., in cygwin/mingw or OS X), please make -# sure 'pkg-config' is installed on your host. +# +# If you compile from a distribution tarball, you can skip this. Otherwise, +# make sure that you have Autoconf, Automake, Libtool, and pkg-config +# installed on your system, and that the corresponding *.m4 files are visible +# to the aclocal. The latter can be achieved by using packages shipped by +# your OS, or by installing custom versions of all four packages to the same +# prefix. Otherwise, you may need to invoke autoreconf with the appropriate +# -I options to locate the required *.m4 files. autoreconf -i