[Xastir] problems after upgrade mdk9.1 to 9.2

Brenda Wallace brenda at wallace.net.nz
Sun Nov 9 22:03:36 EST 2003


I am compling from a shapshot...
(configure already exists)

i've run bootstrap and now it's all compiling happily.


On Sat, 2003-11-08 at 05:46, Curt Mills, WE7U wrote:
> On Fri, 7 Nov 2003, Dick C. Reichenbach wrote:
> 
> > I thought if you were compiling from a tar-ball, you didn't need to
> > ./bootstrap.sh
> 
> I _think_ it works like this:  If you are compiling from one of the
> snapshots, one of the developers has already run bootstrap.sh for
> you, so the "configure" script has already been created.
> 
> If you're using CVS, you need to run bootstrap.sh periodically in
> order to re-create "configure".  The developers sometimes change
> files which require changes to the configure script.  You don't pick
> those up unless you run bootstrap.sh first.
> 
> I almost always do the full sequence.  Doesn't hurt if you have a
> new enough autoconf/automake installed.
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