[lttng-dev] [PATCH lttv] Modify documentation for git tree builds, common usage, installing as root

Vomlehn vomlehnd at amazon.com
Mon Aug 19 15:34:16 EDT 2013


Modify documentation for git tree builds, common usage, installing as root

o	Document the use of the bootstrap shell script for builds starting
	with a git tree.
o	Use "$" to precede sample shell commands as it is more common that "-".
o	Note that the "make install" should be done as root.
---
 README |   13 ++++++++++---
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/README b/README
index 98849b3..24e7f4f 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
+(as root)
+$ make install
+
+To compile from a git checkout, use:
+
+$ ./bootstrap
+
+and then follow the steps to compile from a tarball.
 
 After running ./configure, you can also go in specific subdirectories and
 use make, make install.
-- 
David VL



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