[lttng-dev] [PATCH lttv] Add build instructions for git tree pulls and use more standard formatting

[Vomlehn]

Yes, I think you are right. Patch in following message.

On Mon, Aug 19, 2013 at 09:42:25AM +0300, Amit Margalit wrote:
> I thouhght that's what the 'bootstrap' script is for. I mean - it includes 
> autoreconf -i plus creation of config directory... So maybe the doc should 
> say "use the bootstrap script" instead of calling users to run autoreconf 
> -i ...
> 
> Amit Margalit
> IBM XIV - Storage Reinvented
> XIV-NAS Development Team
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> 
> 
> From:   Alexandre Montplaisir <alexmonthy at voxpopuli.im>
> To:     lttng-dev at lists.lttng.org
> Cc:     Vomlehn <vomlehnd at amazon.com>
> Date:   08/08/2013 10:08 PM
> Subject:        Re: [lttng-dev] [PATCH lttv] Add build instructions for 
> git tree pulls and use more standard formatting
> 
> 
> 
> On 13-08-07 03:48 PM, Vomlehn wrote:
> > If the source is obtained directly from git, the file "configure" must 
> be
> > built with the autoconf tools. In addition, example shell commands are
> > traditionally preceeded with a "$" instead of a "-", so this convention
> > is used.
> > ---
> >  README |   13 ++++++++++---
> >  1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/README b/README
> > index 98849b3..ac28f9e 100644
> > --- a/README
> > +++ b/README
> > @@ -31,9 +31,16 @@ libc6 development librairies
> > 
> >  To compile the source tree from a tarball, simply follow these steps :
> > 
> > -- ./configure
> > -- make
> > -- make install
> > +  $ ./configure
> > +  $ make
> > +  $ make install
> > +
> > +To compile the source tree from a git checkout, use:
> > +
> > +  $ autoreconf
> > +  $ automake --add-missing --gnu
> 
> You should be able to use "autoreconf -i" instead of those two commands.
> It avoids the need to run autoconf, automake etc. manually.
> 
> > +  $ make
> > +  $ make install
> 
> As was mentioned in the other thread, this should be "# make install",
> since with the default configure options, it will install in /usr/local,
> and only root can write there.
> 
> Cheers,
> Alex
> 
> > 
> >  After running ./configure, you can also go in specific subdirectories 
> and
> >  use make, make install.
> 
> 
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David VL