Perfect. Thanks !!! On Sun, Jan 29, 2017 at 6:55 PM, Bob Proulx <b...@proulx.com> wrote:
> prashant Nidgunde wrote: > > I downloaded screen code from below (as per website): > > git clone git://git.savannah.gnu.org/screen.git > > However, there is no configure script at this location. > > configure is missing in this screen/src folder. > > Please read the ./src/INSTALL file for detailed instructions on how to > build the software from the development sources. It will require the > developer tools to be installed in order to compile and build the > program. > > > So, my question is this repository the right place to download the code ? > > If you want the development sources as a developer then yes. If you > are wanting the latest stable release to compile and use then no. The > latest release was announced here in this message: > > http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/info-gnu/2017-01/msg00007.html > > It includes this pointer to the latest release. > > http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/screen/screen-4.5.0.tar.gz > > Perhaps that is what you are really wanting? > > > If not, does website need a change to mention that source can be > downloaded > > as tar files using Downloads link ? > > There are two main project pages for GNU screen. > > https://www.gnu.org/software/screen/ > > https://savannah.gnu.org/projects/screen/ > > The first is more comprehensive and includes pointers to both. The > second is the software source forge code site and is specific to the > code development. It's all about the source code there. > > You have checked out the development source. That requires the > development build tools to be present as you will need to build the > configure script first. The ./src/INSTALL gives details on that > process. The configure script is a downstream item that is built by > the developer. If you were downloading the release bundle that has > been prepared for people to build such as > http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/screen/screen-4.5.0.tar.gz then it would > already contain the configure script. > > Hope that helps! > Bob >
