vlc/HACKING

$Id: HACKING,v 1.4 2002/08/27 14:15:24 sam Exp $

Hacking vlc
===========

You will need the following tools if you plan to use the CVS version of vlc:

 - autoconf version 2.50 or later
 - automake version 1.5 (but 1.6 is recommended)
 - gettext version 0.10.40 (but 0.11.3 or later is recommended)

After retrieving the CVS tree, you need to run the bootstrap script to
generate all the files needed to build vlc. You can then run configure.

If you do not have the correct version of these tools, or if they are
simply not available for the operating system you plan to develop on,
you can check out a CVS tree on an OS that provides these tools (such
as a recent Linux distribution), run bootstrap, and then copy the whole
tree to your retarded OS.
* ./HACKING: we can now use automake-1.5 instead of automake-1.6. But now we _really_ depend on it. * ./bootstrap: we don't use touch to create a file, because it doesn't seem to work everywhere. 2002-08-27 22:15:24 +08:00			$Id: HACKING,v 1.4 2002/08/27 14:15:24 sam Exp $
* ALL: started the slow move to automake. For the moment, the changes are unnoticeable apart from the extra dependency on autoconf, automake and gettextize. See the new HACKING file for some information, especially if you don't run Linux. The current strategy is to have the configure script generate a nice automake Makefile from Makefile.am, and then clobber it with our good old dirty Makefile. Muahaha :-) 2002-08-26 07:18:05 +08:00
			`Hacking vlc`
			`===========`

			`You will need the following tools if you plan to use the CVS version of vlc:`

* ./configure.in: we now require autoconf 2.5x because previous versions don't seem to work very well if you are using autopoint, although gettext 0.11.5 claims to be fully backwards compatible. Welcome to automake hell. * ./bootstrap: workaround which uses gettextize if you do not have autopoint. We'll probably stay like this for a while, until gettext 0.11.x (which replaces gettextize with autopoint) becomes more widespread. Currently this workaround seems to work, but don't expect a clean tarball if you make dist without having used autopoint. Welcome to automake hell. 2002-08-27 04:49:50 +08:00			`- autoconf version 2.50 or later`
* ./HACKING: we can now use automake-1.5 instead of automake-1.6. But now we _really_ depend on it. * ./bootstrap: we don't use touch to create a file, because it doesn't seem to work everywhere. 2002-08-27 22:15:24 +08:00			`- automake version 1.5 (but 1.6 is recommended)`
			`- gettext version 0.10.40 (but 0.11.3 or later is recommended)`
* ALL: started the slow move to automake. For the moment, the changes are unnoticeable apart from the extra dependency on autoconf, automake and gettextize. See the new HACKING file for some information, especially if you don't run Linux. The current strategy is to have the configure script generate a nice automake Makefile from Makefile.am, and then clobber it with our good old dirty Makefile. Muahaha :-) 2002-08-26 07:18:05 +08:00
			`After retrieving the CVS tree, you need to run the bootstrap script to`
			`generate all the files needed to build vlc. You can then run configure.`

			`If you do not have the correct version of these tools, or if they are`
			`simply not available for the operating system you plan to develop on,`
			`you can check out a CVS tree on an OS that provides these tools (such`
			`as a recent Linux distribution), run bootstrap, and then copy the whole`
			`tree to your retarded OS.`