Subject: Re: bug#9851: No configure file in git cloned guile despite what README says

From: Mark H Weaver <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 24 Oct 2011 02:43:31 -0400

"J. Greg Davidson" <[email-masked]> writes:
> I used the git command
>   git clone git://git.sv.gnu.org/guile.git
> from the guile webpage
>    https://www.gnu.org/software/guile/download.html
> and got a nice directory with a README file which
> tells me to run ./configure which does not exist.

The README for those who have downloaded a release tarball.  When
downloading a development version from git, you must generate the build
system yourself using recent versions of the autotools.  See the HACKING
file for details.

    Best,
     Mark