Am 30.11.2011 10:11, schrieb Matthew Brush:
On 11/30/2011 12:55 AM, Nathan Broadbent wrote:
I've figured out why the installation documentation didn't work for me: You pre-generate the 'configure' script and package this when you distribute a release in a tarball, but this configure script isn't checked into the repository. I checked out the source-code from github, but the documentation doesn't mention anything about running './autogen.sh' first. (Sorry, I haven't done much C programming for a while...)
Since the project has moved to Github, more people will be getting the source code straight from the repository. So it might be helpful to replace " $ ./configure " with " $ ./autogen.sh " in the "Autotools based build system" section of the manual (http://www.geany.org/manual/current/#installation), and also in the installation section of the README.
The ./configure script is automatically generated so it's not so great to check it into the VCS. It is mentioned on the Git page[1] for people who're building development code though. I think the manual is strictly for stable release source code (same with README).
I agree. Maybe we could add a section to HACKING file too as it would fit there IMHO.
Cheers, Frank