Re: CVS compilation problems...

[Jan Gentsch <gentsch ifm uni-hamburg de>]

Richard Hult wrote:

> On Thu, 29 Oct 1998 20:29:26 Jason A. Pfeil wrote:
> > Hello.  I am trying to compile gnome from CVS, however, when I try to run
> > ./autogen.sh in most of the directories, it complains that the directory
> > macros doesn't exist.  This is from a clean CVS download, and the
> > directory wasn't part of what came in the checkout.
>
> Try to checkout CVSROOT first and checkout the other modules again after
> that. I don't know if update is enough, I think you have to checkout.
>

This problem has been floating around for some time now. Just must do a
_checkout_ on the package you are trying to get  once up front. Afterwards you
can do updates. Maybe this should go into FAQ.
Jan.

>
> Hope it helps
> Richard
>
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