Improve the build.sh script and adjust the documentation

1 files changed, 18 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/build.sh b/build.sh
index 2016ef2..4f44505 100755
--- a/build.sh
+++ b/build.sh
@@ -1,11 +1,29 @@
 #!/bin/sh
+
+# Manage --help option
+# """"""""""""""""""""
+if echo "$@" | grep -- "--help"; then
+  ./configure --help | sed s/configure/build.sh/g
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+# Ensure that aclocal wont' be called
+# """""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
+touch Makefile.in install-sh missing depcomp config.h.in configure aclocal.m4
+
+# Create the Makefile
+# """""""""""""""""""
 ./configure "$@"
 
+# Add the git version if this is a git clone
+# """"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
 [ -d .git ] && V=`git log -1 --pretty=format:-%h` || V=""
 
 sed "/VERSION/s/\$/ \"$V\"/" config.h > /tmp/config.h$$
 mv /tmp/config.h$$ config.h
 
+# Create the executable
+# """""""""""""""""""""
 make
 
 exit 0