Fix README-* files

README-alpha is for alpha releases, which are not from Git or CVS, so
omit mention of that.  I'm not sure we'll ever do alpha releases, but
if we do, README-alpha assumes the tarballs are already bit.

Update README-hacking with info that was mistakenly put into
README-alpha.  Also mention Bison, needed for parse-date.y.
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Paul Eggert
2022-11-03 22:58:27 -07:00
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@@ -8,16 +8,23 @@ tar. We do not make any efforts to accommodate older versions of
these packages, so please make sure that you have the latest stable
version.
- Automake <http://www.gnu.org/software/automake/>
- Autoconf <http://www.gnu.org/software/autoconf/>
- Automake <http://www.gnu.org/software/automake/>
- Bison <http://www.gnu.org/software/bison/>
- M4 <http://www.gnu.org/software/m4/>
- Texinfo <http://www.gnu.org/software/texinfo>
- Gettext <http://www.gnu.org/software/gettext/>
- Git <http://git.or.cz>
- Gzip <http://www.gnu.org/software/gzip/>
- Texinfo <http://www.gnu.org/software/texinfo>
- Wget <http://www.gnu.org/software/wget/>
Up-to-date compilers and libraries are also recommended, for better
static checking. You may be able to use an older compiler by building
with 'make WERROR_CFLAGS='; if so, don't worry about its false alarms.
Valgrind <http://valgrind.org/> is also highly recommended, if
Valgrind supports your architecture.
* Bootstrapping
Obviously, if you are reading these notes, you did manage to clone
@@ -38,7 +45,17 @@ INSTALLATION).
Normally you will have to run bootstrap only once. However, if you
intend to hack on GNU tar, you might need to run it again later.
There are lots of options that you may find useful in this case.
See 'bootstrap --help' for a detailed list.
See './bootstrap --help' for a detailed list.
Bootstrapping obtains Gnulib and Paxutils files from their Git
repositories on Savannah. Then, it fetches translations from the
Translation Project, and, finally, it builds files useful for
configuration. Simply running ./bootstrap without arguments should do
in most cases.
The file bootstrap.conf contains bootstrapping configuration.
Several options are provided that modify its behavior.
Run './bootstrap --help' for a list.
To only fetch auxiliary files from the network, run ./autopull.sh.
To only generate files such as 'configure', without accessing the