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author | Indrajith K L | 2022-12-03 17:00:20 +0530 |
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committer | Indrajith K L | 2022-12-03 17:00:20 +0530 |
commit | f5c4671bfbad96bf346bd7e9a21fc4317b4959df (patch) | |
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diff --git a/coreutils-5.3.0-bin/contrib/sed/4.2.1/sed-4.2.1/sed-4.2.1-src/README.boot b/coreutils-5.3.0-bin/contrib/sed/4.2.1/sed-4.2.1/sed-4.2.1-src/README.boot new file mode 100644 index 0000000..fd2d1a0 --- /dev/null +++ b/coreutils-5.3.0-bin/contrib/sed/4.2.1/sed-4.2.1/sed-4.2.1-src/README.boot @@ -0,0 +1,23 @@ +Because a working sed is a prerequisite for running the ``configure'' +script, I have provided the script ``bootstrap.sh'' which will attempt +to build a version of sed adequate for running ``configure''. If it +fails, edit the ``config.h'' file that was created according to the +comments found therein, and then try running ``bootstrap.sh'' again. + +The bootstrap build is quite likely to babble on and on with +various compiler warnings. You may want to tell bootstrap.sh +how to invoke your compiler with warnings disabled. For example, +with a Bourne-like shell and gcc one could use: + $ CC='gcc -w' sh bootstrap.sh +or with a csh-like shell, one could try: + % env CC='gcc -w' sh bootstrap.sh + +Once you get a working version of sed, temporarily install sed/sed +somewhere in your $PATH, and then really re-build the normal way +(starting with ``sh configure''); the bootstrap version is almost +certainly more crippled than it needs to be on your machine. + +I don't much care to hear about any bugs in ``bootstrap'' versions +of sed beyond those which actually keep the ``bootstrap'' version from +building, or sed's configure script from running properly. I am +especially uninterested in compiler warnings from the bootstrap build. |