From 41fb30313efc2aeb5b7d50807e2e528a4681f749 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: lgcosta Date: Wed, 11 Nov 2026 21:30:11 -0300 Subject: [PATCH] README: document bootstrap/build steps The generated autotools files are not tracked, so a fresh clone must run autogen.sh before configure. State that and the build dependencies. --- README | 12 ++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+) diff --git a/README b/README index e2f2db2..82e9377 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -53,3 +53,15 @@ the code and documentation are to avoid confusion by users, not to avoid proper attribution. Reiserfsprogs has been maintained by the ReiserFS development community for some time and can be reached at reiserfs-devel@vger.kernel.org. + +[BUILDING] + +The generated autotools files (configure, Makefile.in, ...) are not kept in +the repository. After a fresh clone, bootstrap them first: + + ./autogen.sh + ./configure + make + +Build dependencies: a C compiler, autoconf, automake, libtool, pkg-config, +libcom_err (com_err development files) and, optionally, libuuid.