On Tue, Apr 21, 2009 at 11:01:20PM -0700, Jason Spence wrote: > On Wed, Apr 22, 2009 at 07:33:47AM +0200, Ralf Wildenhues wrote: > > Just get the git tree here: > > > > git clone git://git.sv.gnu.org/automake.git > > cd automake > > ./bootstrap > > > > and then get hacking. README, tests/README contain information about > > testing, the HACKING file contains information on what is requires for > > patches to be applicable. And yes, we'd prefer full test exposure for > > all new features. > > Ah, that was what I needed to have. Thanks.
Hmm. Automake from the tree needs autoconf from the tree. I set it up and installed it with --prefix=$HOME and I have $HOME/bin prepended to my path, but automake's configure doesn't want to recognize that fact. Is there a recipe for building the whole autotools suite from the source tree?