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* README.template: Clarify some items in the README

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@ -3,21 +3,25 @@ This directory contains the %VERSION% release of GNU Make.
See the file NEWS for the user-visible changes from previous releases.
In addition, there have been bugs fixed.
Please check the system-specific notes below for any caveats related to
your operating system.
Please check the system-specific notes below for any caveats related to your
operating system.
For general building and installation instructions, see the file INSTALL.
If you are trying to build GNU make from a Git clone rather than a downloaded
source distribution, see the README.git file for instructions.
If you need to build GNU Make and have no other 'make' program to use,
you can use the shell script 'build.sh' instead. To do this, first run
'configure' as described in INSTALL. Then, instead of typing 'make' to
build the program, type 'sh build.sh'. This should compile the program
in the current directory. Then you will have a Make program that you can
use for './make install', or whatever else.
For source distribution building and installation instructions, see the file
INSTALL.
Some systems' Make programs are broken and cannot process the Makefile for
GNU Make. If you get errors from your system's Make when building GNU
Make, try using 'build.sh' instead.
If you need to build GNU Make and have no other 'make' program to use, you can
use the shell script 'build.sh' instead. To do this, first run 'configure' as
described in INSTALL. Then, instead of typing 'make' to build the program,
type 'sh build.sh'. This should compile the program in the current directory.
Then you will have a Make program that you can use for './make install', or
whatever else.
Some systems' Make programs cannot process the Makefile for GNU Make. If you
get errors from your system's Make when building GNU Make, try using
'build.sh' instead.
GNU Make is free software. See the file COPYING for copying conditions.
@ -85,18 +89,19 @@ If you need help using GNU make, try these forums:
Git Access
----------
The GNU make source repository is available via Git from the
GNU Savannah Git server; look here for details:
The GNU make source repository is available via Git from the GNU Savannah Git
server; look here for details:
http://savannah.gnu.org/git/?group=make
Please note: you won't be able to build GNU make from Git without
installing appropriate maintainer's tools, such as GNU m4, automake,
autoconf, Perl, GNU make, and GCC. See the README.git file for hints on
how to build GNU make once these tools are available. We make no
guarantees about the contents or quality of the latest code in the Git
repository: it is not unheard of for code that is known to be broken to
be checked in. Use at your own risk.
Please note: you won't be able to build GNU make from Git without installing
appropriate maintainer's tools, such as GNU m4, automake, autoconf, Perl, GNU
make, and GCC.
See the README.git file for instructions on how to build GNU make once these
tools are available. We make no guarantees about the contents or quality of
the latest code in the Git repository: it is not unheard of for code that is
known to be broken to be checked in. Use at your own risk.
System-specific Notes
@ -155,6 +160,11 @@ Ports
of DJGPP; see the WWW page http://www.delorie.com/djgpp/ for more
information.
The Cygwin project maintains its own port of GNU make. That port may have
patches which are not present in this version. If you are using Cygwin
you should use their version of GNU make, and if you have questions about
it you should start by asking on those mailing lists and forums.
Please note there are two _separate_ ports of GNU make for Microsoft
systems: a native Windows tool built with (for example) MSVC or Cygwin,
and a DOS-based tool built with DJGPP. Please be sure you are looking