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maint: check for dot before using it
* configure.ac: here. * doc/Makefile.am: Use $(DOT). Ship the generated files, to spare the user the need for Graphviz.
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@@ -43,16 +43,17 @@ These requirements do not apply when building from a distribution tarball.
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** Requirements
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We've opted to keep only the highest-level sources in the repository.
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This eases our maintenance burden, (fewer merges etc.), but imposes more
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We've opted to keep only the highest-level sources in the repository. This
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eases our maintenance burden, (fewer merges etc.), but imposes more
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requirements on anyone wishing to build from the just-checked-out sources.
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For example, you have to use the latest stable versions of the maintainer
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tools we depend upon, including:
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- Automake <http://www.gnu.org/software/automake/>
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- Autoconf <http://www.gnu.org/software/autoconf/>
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- Automake <http://www.gnu.org/software/automake/>
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- Flex <http://www.gnu.org/software/flex/>
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- Gettext <http://www.gnu.org/software/gettext/>
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- Graphviz <http://www.graphviz.org>
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- Gzip <http://www.gnu.org/software/gzip/>
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- Perl <http://www.cpan.org/>
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- Rsync <http://samba.anu.edu.au/rsync/>
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@@ -61,16 +62,16 @@ tools we depend upon, including:
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Valgrind <http://valgrind.org/> is also highly recommended, if it supports
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your architecture.
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Bison is written using Bison grammars, so there are bootstrapping
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issues. The bootstrap script attempts to discover when the C code
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generated from the grammars is out of date, and to bootstrap with an
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out-of-date version of the C code, but the process is not foolproof.
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Also, you may run into similar problems yourself if you modify Bison.
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Bison is written using Bison grammars, so there are bootstrapping issues.
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The bootstrap script attempts to discover when the C code generated from the
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grammars is out of date, and to bootstrap with an out-of-date version of the
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C code, but the process is not foolproof. Also, you may run into similar
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problems yourself if you modify Bison.
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Only building the initial full source tree will be a bit painful.
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Later, after synchronizing from the repository a plain 'make' should
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be sufficient. Note, however, that when gnulib is updated, running
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'./bootstrap' again might be needed.
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Only building the initial full source tree will be a bit painful. Later,
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after synchronizing from the repository a plain 'make' should be sufficient.
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Note, however, that when gnulib is updated, running './bootstrap' again
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might be needed.
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** First checkout
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