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authorJim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>2007-06-11 11:07:21 +0200
committerJim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>2007-06-11 11:10:23 +0200
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README: Also mention README-hacking,
for whose who start from cloned/checked-out sources rather than from a distribution tarball. Reported by Steve Ward. * THANKS: Add Steve Ward. Signed-off-by: Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
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@@ -18,7 +18,10 @@ The programs that can be built with this package are:
See the file NEWS for a list of major changes in the current release.
-See the file INSTALL for compilation and installation instructions.
+If you obtained this file as part of a "cvs checkout" or "git clone",
+then see the README-hacking file. If this file came to you as part of a
+tar archive, then see the file INSTALL for compilation and installation
+instructions.
These programs are intended to conform to POSIX (with BSD and other
extensions), like the rest of the GNU system. By default they conform