From 1d2035cd851284e356383972b8f62ac7d88bff99 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jeff Squyres Date: Thu, 13 Oct 2005 11:16:34 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Minor updates to HACKING -- update the list of GNU Auto tools to the latest versions. This commit was SVN r7744. --- HACKING | 17 +++++++++-------- 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) diff --git a/HACKING b/HACKING index 455d85e571..05ffb2d522 100644 --- a/HACKING +++ b/HACKING @@ -86,17 +86,18 @@ section. If you are building Open MPI from a developer's tree, you must first install fairly recent versions of the GNU tools Autoconf, Automake, -and Libtool. As of August 2005, the following versions are known to +and Libtool. As of October 2005, the following versions are known to work: Autoconf: v2.59 Automake: v1.9.6 -Libtool: v1.5.18 +Libtool: v1.5.20 -More generally, we have never found that the most recent versions of -these tools cause problems with our configure / build process. When -in doubt, it is safe to upgrade these tools (at least for Open MPI!). -You can check what versions you have installed with the following: +More generally, we have found that using the most recent versions of +these tools usually results in the greatest probability of a +successful configure / build. When in doubt, it is safe to upgrade +these tools (at least for Open MPI!). You can check what versions you +have installed with the following: shell$ autoconf --version shell$ automake --version @@ -163,14 +164,14 @@ NOTE: On MacOS/X, the default "libtool" program is different than the --> If you are using the csh or tcsh shells, be sure to run the "rehash" command after you install each package. - shell$ cd ../automake-1.9 + shell$ cd ../automake-1.9.6 shell$ ./configure --prefix=PREFIX shell$ make all install --> If you are using the csh or tcsh shells, be sure to run the "rehash" command after you install each package. - shell$ cd ../libtool-1.5 + shell$ cd ../libtool-1.5.20 shell$ ./configure --prefix=PREFIX shell$ make all install