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Subject: | RE: Error in configuring setup. |
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Date: | Thu, 2 May 2002 22:30:57 +1000 |
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From: | "Robert Collins" <robert DOT collins AT itdomain DOT com DOT au> |
To: | "Earnie Boyd" <Cygwin-Apps AT cygwin DOT com> |
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> -----Original Message----- > From: Earnie Boyd [mailto:earnie_boyd AT yahoo DOT com] > Sent: Thursday, May 02, 2002 10:27 PM > To: Robert Collins > Cc: Earnie Boyd > Subject: Re: Error in configuring setup. > > > Robert Collins wrote: > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Earnie Boyd [mailto:earnie_boyd AT yahoo DOT com] > > > Sent: Thursday, May 02, 2002 3:52 AM > > > To: Jan Nieuwenhuizen > > > Cc: cygwin-apps AT cygwin DOT com > > > Subject: Re: Error in configuring setup. > > > > > > > > > Required AUTHORS and NEWS files are missing. > > > > Required by what? > > > > It was required by some instance of automake execution. Ah. Ok, when you run automake, by default it runs in gnu mode, where it requires a number of files that the GNU package distribution / coding standards require - such as AUTHORS/NEWS/COPYING/README etc etc. The --foreign switch in bootstrap.sh disables that, allowing us to distribute what we choose. Rob
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