On Tue, Jan 27, 2009 at 11:37:21PM -0800, Junio C Hamano wrote: > >> Just to be sure we are on the same page. My directory structure has a > >> top/src/git-1.6.1 and top/build/git.1.6.1. The src/git-1.6.1 is the > >> tar ball. The build/git-1.6.1 starts out empty. I cd into it and > >> then do: ../../src/git-1.6.1/configure <options> After this > >> completes, you can do "make". > > > > I don't see how this would work without automake support, which git does > > not have. > > ... nor want to have ;-). Heh. Yes, in case there was any confusion: I don't want my statement in any way to be construed as a suggestion to support automake. I would not be opposed to it if it somehow enhanced some users' experience without bothering people who didn't want to touch it (like the way that autoconf support is implemented). But I don't see how that would be possible. -Peff -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html