From ce1f0deafe8504e1492bf1b1efb3e3ec950b1a2b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Lasse Collin Date: Tue, 27 Jul 2010 20:47:12 +0300 Subject: [PATCH] Windows: Add a note about building a Git repository snapshot --- windows/INSTALL-Windows.txt | 9 +++++++++ 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+) diff --git a/windows/INSTALL-Windows.txt b/windows/INSTALL-Windows.txt index b3ed93e3..5515708f 100644 --- a/windows/INSTALL-Windows.txt +++ b/windows/INSTALL-Windows.txt @@ -129,3 +129,12 @@ Building XZ Utils Be patient. Running configure and other scripts used by the build system is (very) slow under Windows. + +Using a snapshot from the Git repository + + To use a snapshot, the build system files need to be generated with + autogen.sh or "autoreconf -fi" before trying to build using the the + above build instructions. You can install the relevant extra packages + from MinGW or use Cygwin or use e.g. a GNU/Linux system to create a + source package with the required build system files. +