[Opensrf-commits] r1545 - trunk

[svn at svn.open-ils.org]

Author: dbs
Date: 2008-12-19 16:22:29 -0500 (Fri, 19 Dec 2008)
New Revision: 1545

Modified:
   trunk/README
Log:
Cover the developer case for bootstrapping the source


Modified: trunk/README
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--- trunk/README	2008-12-19 17:03:23 UTC (rev 1544)
+++ trunk/README	2008-12-19 21:22:29 UTC (rev 1545)
@@ -25,6 +25,12 @@
 these are less tested distributions. Your patches and suggestions for
 improvement are welcome!
 
+Note: If you are installing this using a copy of the source code that was
+checked out directly from the OpenSRF Subversion repository rather
+than from a downloaded release of the source code, there are a few
+additional prerequisite tools and steps that you will need to follow.
+See "Developer instructions" at the bottom of the file.
+
 Configuration and compilation instructions:
 ==========================================
 
@@ -182,6 +188,23 @@
 Then edit /etc/resolv.conf and ensure that "nameserver 127.0.0.1" is the first
 entry in the file.
 
+Developer instructions:
+======================
+
+Developers working directly with the source code from the Subversion
+repository will also need to install some extra packages and perform
+one more step before they can proceed with the "./configure" step.
+
+Install the following packages:
+  * autoconf
+  * automake
+  * libtool
+
+Run the following command in the source directory to generate the configure
+script and Makefiles:
+
+$ ./autogen.sh 
+
 Getting help:
 ============