From be360265a3bbe2eccc039e2006199eef8cbdba0b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Thomas Roessler Date: Wed, 21 Oct 1998 15:56:44 +0000 Subject: Remove some automatically generated files from the CVS repository, and add a script which generates them. --- INSTALL | 13 +++++++++---- 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) (limited to 'INSTALL') diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL index 92d4fbfc..f605eeb4 100644 --- a/INSTALL +++ b/INSTALL @@ -40,10 +40,15 @@ Installation Installing Mutt is rather painless through the use of the GNU autoconf package. Simply untar the Mutt distribution, and run the -``configure'' script. In most cases, it will automatically determine -everything it needs to know in order to compile. However, there are -a few options to ``configure'' to help it out, or change the default -behavior: +``configure'' script. If you have obtained the distribution from +the CVS repository, run the ``prepare'' script with the same command +line parameters you would pass to configure. It will set up mutt's +build environment and add the files which are present in the tar +balls, but not in the CVS repository. + +In most cases, configure will automatically determine everything it +needs to know in order to compile. However, there are a few options +to ``configure'' to help it out, or change the default behavior: --prefix=DIR install Mutt in DIR instead of /usr/local -- cgit v1.2.3