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This is the GNU Inetutils package.
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Copyright (C) 1999-2025 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
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See end of file for copying conditions.
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This document describes the actions needed to build GNU inetutils from
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a pre-release tarball or sources checked out from the version control.
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* Introduction
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This is a *pre-release* version, and not ready for production use yet.
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If you are taking source from version control, you will need to have
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several special tools to help contribute. See the section `Building',
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below, for the detailed instructions on how to build the package.
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Please, note that the accompanying documentation may be inaccurate or
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incomplete. See ChangeLog for the list of recent changes.
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Report bugs to <bug-inetutils@gnu.org>
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If you see a problem that you've already reported, feel free to
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re-report it -- it won't bother us to get a reminder. Besides, the
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more messages we get regarding a particular problem the sooner it'll
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be fixed -- usually. If you sent a complete patch and nobody applied
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it or got back to you, please let us know!
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The source `tests/identify.c' should compile in all interesting build
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environments, even without configuration. The resulting executables
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display some features known to have produced malfunctions in
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portability. Conveying some selected part of that output could help
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us in locating the cause of compiling errors, or of missing
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functionality in the built programs.
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* Checking Out the Sources
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The following instructions apply if you wish to obtain sources from
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the version control repository.
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To download the source tree from the repository, issue the following
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command:
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git clone https://git.savannah.gnu.org/git/inetutils.git
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This will give you read-only access. If you think you need write
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access, contact the mailing list.
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* Prerequisites
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You need the following packages, we don't make any extra effort to
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accommodate older versions of these packages, so please make sure that
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you have the latest stable version.
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- Shell <https://www.gnu.org/software/bash/>
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- Git <https://git-scm.com/>
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- Make <https://www.gnu.org/software/make/>
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- C compiler <https://www.gnu.org/software/gcc/>
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- Autoconf <https://www.gnu.org/software/autoconf/>
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- Automake <https://www.gnu.org/software/automake/>
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- Bison <https://www.gnu.org/software/bison/>
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- Gnulib <https://www.gnu.org/software/gnulib/>
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- M4 <https://www.gnu.org/software/m4/>
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- Texinfo <https://www.gnu.org/software/texinfo>
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- help2man <https://www.gnu.org/software/help2man>
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- ncurses <https://www.gnu.org/software/ncurses/> (optional, for talk)
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- Texlive & epsf <http://www.tug.org/texlive/> (for 'make dist')
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* Building
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1. Change to the source tree directory
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cd inetutils
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2. Run
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./bootstrap
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For more information about `bootstrap', run `bootstrap --help', or see
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the gnulib documentation.
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3. Configure
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./configure
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make
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See the file INSTALL for standard instructions.
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Before running "make dist" in a freshly bootstrapped directory, you
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need to have run "make" at least once to create the binaries which are
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needed by help2man when generating man pages.
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See INSTALL and README for the detailed instructions.
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* Development
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If you are looking for something to hack on, please take a look at the
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TODO file in the repository, or in our bug tracker
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<https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?group=inetutils>.
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You can track the development process through the
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<commit-inetutils@gnu.org> mailing list. This is a medium volume
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moderated list.
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* Copyright information
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Copying and distribution of this file, with or without modification,
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are permitted in any medium without royalty provided the copyright
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notice and this notice are preserved. This file is offered as-is,
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without any warranty.
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Local Variables:
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mode: outline
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paragraph-separate: "[ ]*$"
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version-control: never
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End:
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