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diff --git a/README-prereq b/README-prereq index e19981621..f9bf7814f 100644 --- a/README-prereq +++ b/README-prereq @@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ getting the prerequisites for particular systems. - GNU/Linux - fedora - This shows the steps for getting the required tools to build coreutils 7.0 + This shows the steps for getting the required tools to build coreutils on a Fedora 8 system. We try to use official packages where possible. The 3 methods described for making these required packages available, should help clarify build requirements on any GNU/Linux system at least. @@ -16,20 +16,22 @@ getting the prerequisites for particular systems. # yum install emacs #autoconf build requires emacs (20MB) # rpmbuild --rebuild http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/development/source/SRPMS/autoconf-2.63-1.fc10.src.rpm # rpm -Uvh /usr/src/redhat/RPMS/noarch/autoconf-2.63-1.fc8.noarch.rpm - Note Autoconf 2.61a-341 or newer is needed to build automake-1.10b in step 3. + Note Autoconf 2.62 or newer is needed to build automake-1.11 in step 3. Apply the same method to install the lzma package. [FIXME: mention xz when it's packaged] 3. The latest stable automake (1.10.1) was not new enough, so we download - and build automake-1.10b or newer from its repository and make it available + and build automake-1.11 or newer from its repository and make it available just to coreutils: # yum install help2man #required to build automake fully $ git clone git://git.sv.gnu.org/automake.git $ cd automake - $ git checkout -b next --track origin/next + $ git checkout -b branch-1.11 --track origin/branch-1.11 $ ./bootstrap $ ./configure --prefix=$HOME/coreutils/deps $ make install Now we can build coreutils as described in README-hacking - as long as $PATH starts with $HOME/coreutils/deps + as long as $PATH starts with $HOME/coreutils/deps/bin, which + one can set for the current shell like: + $ export PATH=$HOME/coreutils/deps/bin:$PATH |