X-Git-Url: https://git.dogcows.com/gitweb?a=blobdiff_plain;f=README-alpha;fp=README-alpha;h=bc4e2ba56818ea82531421796e177bf22dc68c91;hb=7347b4f5d51c15bb19637ea52e9bf7dff832cc52;hp=30ed6f0c5a94c8aa6b170cf2303dbd0e24269898;hpb=e3bd2a63a62aede213fe3b451952c254b095090d;p=chaz%2Ftar diff --git a/README-alpha b/README-alpha index 30ed6f0..bc4e2ba 100644 --- a/README-alpha +++ b/README-alpha @@ -24,25 +24,33 @@ Before building the package, run "bootstrap". It obtains various additional files from the CVS repository and the Translation Project site and prepares the source directory for building. -When run without arguments, bootstrap will try to obtain gnulib files -from CVS repository on savannah using anonymous SSH access. Then, it -will fetch the po files from tar page at Translation Project, and, -finally, it will start autoconfiguration process. Simply running -it without arguments should do in most cases. Several options -allow to control the behavior of bootstrap: - +When run without arguments, bootstrap will try to obtain gnulib and +paxutils files from their corresponding CVS repositories on Savannah +using anonymous SSH access. Then, it will fetch the po files from tar +page at Translation Project, and, finally, it will start autoconfiguration +process. Simply running it without arguments should do in most cases. +Several options allow to control the behavior of bootstrap: --gnulib-srcdir=DIRNAME Specify the local directory where gnulib sources reside. Use this if you already have gnulib sources on your machine, and do not want to waste your bandwidth dowloading them again. + + --paxutils-srcdir=DIRNAME Specify the local directory where paxutils + sources reside. Use this if you already + have paxutils sources on your machine, and + do not want to waste your bandwidth dowloading + them again. + --cvs-auth=METHOD Set the CVS access method used for downloading gnulib files. METHOD is one of the keywords accepted by cvs -d option (see info cvs repository). + --cvs-user=USERNAME Set the CVS username to be used when accessing the gnulib repository. + --no-po Do not download po files. Notice also that when using CVS authentication method "ext", bootstrap