From 4511ae310f5696a720da87bcd4385b28bab93e7e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Simon McVittie <smcv@collabora.com> Date: Tue, 2 Apr 2019 18:23:16 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Add some notes on building from git on older host systems Signed-off-by: Simon McVittie <smcv@collabora.com> --- Makefile.am | 1 + doc/Building-libcapsule.txt | 10 ++++++++++ 2 files changed, 11 insertions(+) create mode 100644 doc/Building-libcapsule.txt diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am index b01a28000..259ea1f8b 100644 --- a/Makefile.am +++ b/Makefile.am @@ -467,6 +467,7 @@ EXTRA_DIST += autogen.sh EXTRA_DIST += build-aux/git-version-gen EXTRA_DIST += ci/Jenkinsfile EXTRA_DIST += data/capsule-mkstublib +EXTRA_DIST += doc/Building-libcapsule.txt EXTRA_DIST += doc/Strategy.txt EXTRA_DIST += doc/capsule-init-project.xml EXTRA_DIST += doc/capsule-mkstublib.xml diff --git a/doc/Building-libcapsule.txt b/doc/Building-libcapsule.txt new file mode 100644 index 000000000..db3d7c057 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/Building-libcapsule.txt @@ -0,0 +1,10 @@ +Building libcapsule from git requires GNU autoconf-archive macros. The +oldest supported version is 20180313-1 from Debian 9 'stretch'. If your +development system or container is older, unpack or clone a suitable +version of autoconf-archive and use commands like: + + libcapsule$ ACLOCAL_PATH=/path/to/autoconf-archive/m4 NOCONFIGURE=1 ./autogen.sh + libcapsule$ ./configure + libcapsule$ make + +Building from tarball releases removes this requirement. -- GitLab