GNU bug report logs - #55304
build: INSTALL file is missing from .tar.gz snapshots

Previous Next

Full log

Message #12 received at control <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Pádraig Brady <P <at> draigBrady.com>
To: dg1727 <dg1727 <at> protonmail.com>, 55304 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#55304: build: INSTALL file is missing from .tar.gz snapshots
Date: Sat, 7 May 2022 22:02:56 +0100

tag 55304 notabug
close 55304
stop

On 07/05/2022 20:10, dg1727 via GNU coreutils Bug Reports wrote:
> In the following snapshot:
> 
> http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/coreutils.git/snapshot/coreutils-9.1.tar.gz
> 
> ... the file README says the following a few paragraphs from the top:
> 
>> If this file came to you as part of a tar archive, then see the file INSTALL
>> for compilation and installation instructions.
> 
> The file INSTALL doesn't seem to be in the tar archive.
> 
> Can this file be added to the snapshot, to assist users compiling the
> coreutils?
> 
> I'm having an issue attempting to compile; if the INSTALL file helps me with
> this issue, then I won't need to ask on the coreutils <at> gnu.org mailing list.
> 
> Many thanks in advance.

snapshots of a git repo are generally treated differently from a "dist" tarballs.
Specifically to build from a git snapshot, you would be acting like a developer,
and so would follow README-hacking instructions.

Note INSTALL _is_ present in the dist tarball, but not in the snapshot,
as that file comes from the gnulib submodule, and following README-hacking
instructions should populate all gnulib files.

If you only want to build, then it's best to go from the distribution tarballs
available at https://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/coreutils/

cheers,
Pádraig

Previous Next

GNU bug tracking system
Copyright (C) 1999 Darren O. Benham, 1997,2003 nCipher Corporation Ltd, 1994-97 Ian Jackson.