Thanks, that does make sense. On Mon, Sep 28, 2015 at 10:22 PM, Eric Blake <ebl...@redhat.com> wrote:
> On 09/28/2015 04:20 AM, Robert Parker wrote: > > I need to meet the requirements of 2 sets of users, the ordinary user > who > > is only interested `./configure; make; make install` and the power users > > who want to start with `autoreconf`. > > > > So far google search on the topic has only increased my confusion. > > The most common solution: don't store anything but configure.ac and > Makefile.am in git. > > The power user checks out git, and runs 'autoreconf' to bootstrap the > project, then runs 'make dist' to create a self-contained tarball. > > The ordinary user takes a tarball, unpacks it, and runs './configure; > make; make install' without needing any autotools installed. > > Ordinary users therefore do NOT use direct git checkouts. Working with > git is reserved for power users. > > -- > Eric Blake eblake redhat com +1-919-301-3266 > Libvirt virtualization library http://libvirt.org > > -- The Bundys, Cliven, Ted and Al. Great guys to look up to.