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Re: [PATCH] revise auto* part of devel-notes.txt



On Tuesday, 08 August 2006 at 10:06, Matthias Andree wrote:
> Greetings,
> 
> please consider including the attached patch to make the
> doc/devel-notes.txt instructions a bit less confusing (there is no
> separate autoheader package) and a bit more helpful -- switching the
> automake version in particular requires re-running the ./prepare
> script. The GNU tools are rearranged so that GNU make doesn't get lost
> in the patch and they are listed in the order required for fresh
> installs.
> 
> I've also revised other parts, for spelling (with compliments
> From aspell) or clarity.
> 
> This goes with a second patch (also attached) that lets INSTALL point to
> doc/devel-notes.txt: for developers/CVS builds and for the instructions
> WRT building the documentation.

Applied, thanks.

> (INSTALL has some sections for way obsolete operating systems, Red Hat
> 4.2 SPARC and Solaris 2.4 that was never Y2k certified, which can
> probably be removed in a separate commit.)

Indeed.

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