From c560fc4933f250c54fb57bdf0f8c2b9a043e141e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Eric Blake Date: Wed, 24 Feb 2010 11:38:44 -0700 Subject: maint: relax git minimum version Requiring git 1.6.4, just for the optional GNULIB_SRCDIR support, was too harsh. Resynchronize from gnulib. * .gnulib: Import from latest gnulib. * bootstrap: Re-synchronize from .gnulib/build-aux. * bootstrap.conf: Drop git to 1.5.5. * README-hacking: Document use of GNULIB_SRCDIR. --- README-hacking | 9 +++++++-- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) (limited to 'README-hacking') diff --git a/README-hacking b/README-hacking index 4105a3ee6..80b022ca8 100644 --- a/README-hacking +++ b/README-hacking @@ -12,8 +12,7 @@ requirements on anyone wishing to build from the just-checked-out sources. Note the requirements to build the released archive are much less and are just the requirements of the standard ./configure && make procedure. Specific development tools and versions will be checked for and listed by -the bootstrap script. See README-prereq for specific notes on obtaining -these prerequisite tools. +the bootstrap script. Valgrind is also highly recommended, if Valgrind supports your architecture. See also README-valgrind. @@ -28,6 +27,12 @@ You can get a copy of the source repository like this: $ git clone git://libvirt.org/libvirt $ cd libvirt +As an optional step, if you already have a copy of the gnulib git +repository on your hard drive, then you can use it as a reference to +reduce download time and disk space requirements: + + $ export GNULIB_SRCDIR=/path/to/gnulib + The next step is to get all required pieces from gnulib, to run autoreconf, and to invoke ./configure: -- cgit v1.2.3-65-gdbad