From: Dave Thomas <Dave@...>
Date: 2001-01-12T11:51:09+09:00
Subject: [ruby-talk:9173] Re: How to make after cvs update

Jim Freeze <jim@freeze.org> writes:

> The README says:
> 
>   "1. If ./configure does not exist or is older than configure.in,
>      run autoconf to (re)generate configure."
> 
> I don't have the command autoconf.
> 
> How do I go about creating the configure script?

You can get autoconf from any GNU mirror. At prep.ai.mit.edu, its at
gnu/autoconf/autoconf-2.13.tar.gz

> I am running FreeBSD 3.4R.
> Also, if I am updating ruby, do I need to remove any files before the make
> or make install?

In theory you should run configure, make clean, and make, but in
practice I seem to get away with just typing 'make' after doing the
cvs update. Every now and then that comes back and bits me, in which
case I do it properly.


Dave