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[PATCH] Add INSTALL file.

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From: Roel Janssen <roel <at> gnu.org>
To: bug-guile <at> gnu.org
Subject: [PATCH] Add INSTALL file.
Date: Thu, 20 Jul 2017 12:19:44 +0200

[0001-Add-INSTALL-file.patch (text/x-patch, attachment)]

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Dear Guile developers,

The README file refers to the INSTALL file, which was deliberately
ignored in the .gitignore file.  This may be confusing for people
that are looking for the INSTALL file, following the instructions
in the README.

I would therefore like to add the INSTALL file, which is what this
patch does.

Kind regards,
Roel Janssen

Message #8 received at 27771 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Mark H Weaver <mhw <at> netris.org>
To: Roel Janssen <roel <at> gnu.org>
Cc: control <at> debbugs.gnu.org, 27771 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#27771: [PATCH] Add INSTALL file.
Date: Thu, 20 Jul 2017 23:22:37 -0400

tags 27771 + notabug
close 27771
thanks

Hi Roel,

Roel Janssen <roel <at> gnu.org> writes:

> The README file refers to the INSTALL file, which was deliberately
> ignored in the .gitignore file.  This may be confusing for people
> that are looking for the INSTALL file, following the instructions
> in the README.
>
> I would therefore like to add the INSTALL file, which is what this
> patch does.

The INSTALL file is included in our tarball releases.  It is missing
only from a pristine git checkout.  The instructions included in it
won't work from a pristine git checkout anyway.

Like the ./configure script and several other important components of
the build system, INSTALL is created by the GNU autotools when you run
./autogen.sh.  We intentionally omit the results of running ./autogen.sh
in our git repository, because they are not part of Guile's source code.

The HACKING file includes instructions for building from a pristine git
checkout.

I'm closing this bug.  Thanks anyway :)

      Mark

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