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* NEWS: Fix syntax to conform to gnulib release-prep rules. * cfg.mk: Drop news-check-regexp. * bootstrap.conf (gnulib_modules): Use readme-release. Drop now implicit announce-gen, gnupload and maintainer-makefile. * bootstrap.conf (bootstrap_epilogue): Add function, fixing README-release. * gl/top/README-release.diff: Add file. * .gitignore: Add README-release. * cfg.mk (exclude_file_name_regexp--sc_trailing_blank): Add, for README-release.diff. * configure.ac (AC_INIT): Don't use sed-expression, it is incompatible with gnulib's do-release-commit-and-tag. * cfg.mk (git-version-gen-tag-sed-script): Drop. * .prev-version: Add file, indicating 1.9.4 as previous release. * README-alpha (Release procedures): Removed, replaced by README-release. * cfg.mk (release-prep-hook): Don't disable it, we now support it.
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This is the GNU Inetutils package.
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Copyright (C) 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007,
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2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019,
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2020, 2021 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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- 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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- xz <https://tukaani.org/xz/> (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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Once done, proceed as described in the file INSTALL.
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Normally you will have to run bootstrap only once. However, if you
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intend to hack, you might need to run it again later. In this case,
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you will probably want to save some time and bandwidth by avoiding
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downloading the same files again. If so, create in the top level
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directory the file named `.bootstrap' with the following contents:
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--gnulib-srcdir=$HOME/gnulib --skip-po
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Replace `$HOME/gnulib' with the actual directory where the gnulib
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sources reside.
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For more information about `bootstrap', run `bootstrap --help'.
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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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** Announcement template
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Subject: GNU inetutils VERSION released
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The GNU inetutils team is proud to present version VERSION of the GNU
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networking utilities. The GNU Networking Utilities are the common
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networking utilities, clients and servers of the GNU Operating System.
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The following is new in this release:
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FIXME: put recent NEWS items here
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Please send bug reports to bug-inetutils@gnu.org.
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Here are the compressed sources:
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ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/inetutils/inetutils-VERSION.tar.xz
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Here are the GPG detached signatures[*]:
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ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/inetutils/inetutils-VERSION.tar.xz.sig
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To reduce load on the main server, use a mirror listed at:
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http://www.gnu.org/order/ftp.html
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[*] You can use either of the above signature files to verify that the
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corresponding file (without the .sig suffix) is intact. First, be
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sure to download both the .sig file and the corresponding tarball.
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Then, run a command like this:
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gpg --verify inetutils-VERSION.tar.xz.sig
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If that command fails because you don't have the required public key,
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then run this command to import it:
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gpg --keyserver keys.gnupg.net --recv-keys D95A3C35
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and rerun the `gpg --verify' command.
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Many thanks to all the people who contributed to this release. Happy
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hacking!
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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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