small README patch to remove references to INSTALL
From:
Ricardo Fabbri
Subject:
small README patch to remove references to INSTALL
Date:
Mon, 25 Jul 2011 09:16:32 -0300
Hi Eric,
thank you for your reply. Yes I got it from Git. I will look into the bootstrap process, thanks
On Monday, July 25, 2011, Eric Blake <address@hidden> wrote:
> On 07/23/2011 11:13 AM, Ricardo Fabbri wrote: >> >> Hi, >> >> This is a small patch removing references to INSTALL. > > Thanks for taking the time to submit this. However, it will not be applied.
> >> We should either >> apply this patch, >> or else create a suitable INSTALL file. > > Autoconf has _already_ shipped a suitable INSTALL file for years. In fact, the INSTALL file for many autotooled packages comes straight from the one built by autoconf itself. It is generated from doc/install.texi during bootstrap time, and shipped pre-built as part of all autoconf tarballs.
> >> If there are no prospects of >> >> creating the file anytime soon, > > I don't know why you think the file does not exist, unless you have grabbed autoconf.git but have not yet properly bootstrapped it according to the directions in README-hacking.
> > -- > Eric Blake address@hidden +1-801-349-2682 > Libvirt virtualization library http://libvirt.org >