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Re: [PATCH] Add more instructions about how to install git.

From
Johannes Sixt <j.sixt@viscovery.net>
Date
Sep 8, 2009, 14:38 UTC
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<4AA66C54.4060101@viscovery.net>
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Thiago Farina schrieb:
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> I tried to being more explicit about what the new users has to do. The
> first instruction that the text says is: "Normaly you can just do
> "make"".
> But the new user, cloning git won't have a configure file, so he can't
> just do "make".
> 
> And then, the text says: "so you can write instead". This brings me to
> one alternative (not what I really should do), when in fact it should
> be (I guess) the first instructions that new users need to follow.

Then guessed wrong. You really only have to say "make". The use of autoconf and ./configure is purely optional and not necessary.

-- Hannes
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Message 7 of 11 in “Add more instructions about how to install git.”
  1. Add more instructions about how to install git.Thiago Farina, Sep 8, 2009
  2. Alex RiesenSep 8, 2009
  3. Matthieu MoySep 8, 2009
  4. Michael J GruberSep 8, 2009
  5. Thiago FarinaSep 8, 2009
  6. Erik Faye-LundSep 8, 2009
  7. Johannes SixtSep 8, 2009
  8. Thiago FarinaSep 8, 2009
  9. Mikael MagnussonSep 8, 2009
  10. Brian GernhardtSep 8, 2009
  11. Matthieu MoySep 8, 2009

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