Re: Autogen.sh scripts are slightly buggy in Gnome

[Raja R Harinath <harinath cs umn edu>]

Robert Soros <bobsoros@yahoo.com> writes:
[snip] 
> #!/bin/sh
> # Run this to generate all the initial makefiles, etc.
> 
[snip] 
> . $srcdir/macros/autogen.sh     ..
> 
> Thats from gnome-libs branch, as you can see it wont do anything,
> because there is no macros directory .. I've tried removing the
> offending scripts and updating with cvs, and it replaces it with the
> same thing .... Am I missing something here ? I've been using
> autogen.sh to configure all the branches for months now.

This is a FAQ.  

Looks like you used "cvs update" to get the `gnome-libs' directory.  You
have to use "cvs checkout".

- Hari
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