X-Authentication-Warning: delorie.com: mail set sender to geda-user-bounces using -f X-Recipient: geda-user AT delorie DOT com DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:x-received:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id :subject:from:to:content-type; bh=Pn0Z3wRfletzS5aPA3kci9n6Wb+dBGoGCNwCpsxqT4Q=; b=xgafXyQ7SYL4qEZzjBRvCmrZTxzcTDyEqL5WvmG5mSuID887TkmLFjfDciW5sap3O9 AV3c0ysAoZqxOlOYgVoge6w6ynPNAg3rvirta2N0V6hmiZJuATa4BShEfBazb4bZ/4FD lSbvO78usNOelnX+iqGtD/kXsAlCzzQBal0SPEX7Xjk5TdsHpzoOEPI8OY/mm9lFXSAr 0ges7vvhVDt4/wbyU9ahXw2ujSaCprGnhSaxowq1SrkgSkljC2bqWB1HPhTvbpsFdz2T 5530CpgxdrgE7yts3ji9URtubpX8N/dlENvP0VnGCsdBBaBAqND5jQcD75Qn7WRVDqC1 IiFw== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.14.3.133 with SMTP id 5mr38335837eeh.43.1361796667394; Mon, 25 Feb 2013 04:51:07 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <20130225123922.2588.qmail@stuge.se> References: <20130225123922 DOT 2588 DOT qmail AT stuge DOT se> Date: Mon, 25 Feb 2013 07:51:07 -0500 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [geda-user] Building gEDA From: JAMES HARIG To: geda-user AT delorie DOT com Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=047d7b6226a49dcbdb04d68bfe72 Reply-To: geda-user AT delorie DOT com Errors-To: nobody AT delorie DOT com X-Mailing-List: geda-user AT delorie DOT com X-Unsubscribes-To: listserv AT delorie DOT com Precedence: bulk --047d7b6226a49dcbdb04d68bfe72 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 On Mon, Feb 25, 2013 at 7:39 AM, Peter Stuge wrote: > Kai-Martin Knaak wrote: > > > autopoint is part of gettext. The README file states that you must > > > install gettext. Some distributions package autopoint in a > > > gettext-devel package. The README notes this, and that you will need to > > > install any appropriate "-devel" or "-dev" packages. Furthermore, > > > autopoint is only required if building from git. > > > > Um... > > I always thought, the whole business of ./autogen.sh and ./configure is > to > > to check for this kind of dependencies. Who else but those who compile > > from git source would need to run the configure script in the first > place? > > There is significant difference between building from git source > (only done by a small number of people on a small number of systems) > and building from a snapshot or release tarball (done by many more). > Hi Peter, sorry to ruffle feathers. What is the difference between compiling from git source and the snapshot? -James --047d7b6226a49dcbdb04d68bfe72 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable



On Mon, Feb 25, 2013 at 7:39 AM, Peter Stuge <= peter AT stuge DOT se><= /span> wrote:
Kai-Martin Knaak wrote: > > autopoint is part of gettext. =A0The README file states that you = must
> > install gettext. =A0Some distributions package autopoint in a
> > gettext-devel package. The README notes this, and that you will n= eed to
> > install any appropriate "-devel" or "-dev" pa= ckages. =A0Furthermore,
> > autopoint is only required if building from git.
>
> Um...
> I always thought, the whole business of ./autogen.sh and ./configure i= s to
> to check for this kind of dependencies. Who else but those who compile=
> from git source would need to run the configure script in the first pl= ace?

There is significant difference between building from git source
(only done by a small number of people on a small number of systems)
and building from a snapshot or release tarball (done by many more).

Hi Peter, sorry to ruffle feathers. =A0= What is the difference between compiling from git source and the snapshot?<= /div>

-James
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