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| -rw-r--r-- | ChangeLog | 9 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | README-hacking | 16 |
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@@ -1,5 +1,14 @@ 2007-10-24 Jim Meyering <meyering@redhat.com> + Doc improvements. + * README-hacking: Prefer the no-hyphen variant of git commands, + e.g., use "git pull" not "git-pull". + Don't presume that the only way to read this document is via a + prior git clone: provide instructions for cloning coreutils, too. + + * README-hacking: Add "cd automake" in build instructions. + From Bob Proulx. + Don't fail part 2 of tests/rm/unreadable when run as root. * tests/rm/unreadable: With UID == 0, expect different results. Reported by Mike Frysinger. diff --git a/README-hacking b/README-hacking index 0c8f0d5ec..4998bb15f 100644 --- a/README-hacking +++ b/README-hacking @@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ Valgrind <http://valgrind.org/> is also highly recommended, if Valgrind supports your architecture. Only building the initial full source tree will be a bit painful. -Later, a plain `git-pull && make' should be sufficient. +Later, a plain `git pull && make' should be sufficient. * LZMA @@ -43,7 +43,8 @@ Automake on 2007-10-09 but is not yet available in a stable Automake version. So until Automake 1.11 comes out, you'll need to get the bleeding-edge Automake version with a command like this: - $ cvs -d sources.redhat.com:/cvs/automake co automake + $ git clone git://git.sv.gnu.org/automake + $ cd automake $ ./bootstrap $ ./configure $ make install @@ -52,9 +53,12 @@ and build and install that version. * First GIT checkout -Obviously, if you are reading these notes, you did manage to check out -this package from GIT. The next step is to get other files needed to -build, which are extracted from other source packages: +You can get a copy of the source repository like this: + + $ git clone git://git.sv.gnu.org/coreutils + +The next step is to get other files needed to build, which are +extracted from other source packages: $ ./bootstrap @@ -67,7 +71,7 @@ And there you are! Just At this point, there should be no difference between your local copy, and the GIT master copy: - $ git-diff + $ git diff should output no difference. |