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bug#9851: No configure file in git cloned guile despite what README says
From: |
Mark H Weaver |
Subject: |
bug#9851: No configure file in git cloned guile despite what README says |
Date: |
Mon, 24 Oct 2011 02:43:31 -0400 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.0.90 (gnu/linux) |
"J. Greg Davidson" <address@hidden> 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