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Fixed also some outdated informations in doc/HACKING

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Signed-off-by: Patrick Winnertz <winnie@debian.org>
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@ -5,20 +5,21 @@ This document is a guide how to develop GNU Midnight Commander. It's
quite incomplete, but may be worth reading anyway.
The document was written by Miguel de Icaza and reworked by Pavel
Roskin. Some parts were taken from the messages posted in the mailing
Roskin and later from Patrick Winnertz.
Some parts were taken from the messages posted in the mailing
lists.
Compiling from CVS
Compiling from GIT
==================
To compile GNU Midnight commander from CVS, the following software is
To compile GNU Midnight commander from GIT, the following software is
required:
Autoconf 2.52 and above (latest is recommended)
Automake 1.5 and above (latest is recommended)
Gettext 0.11.5 and above
Glib 1.2.6 and above (2.x is recommended)
Glib 2.x and above
It is recommended that all those tools are installed with the same
prefix. Make sure that the tools with the right version are first in
@ -44,17 +45,17 @@ used in the AM_GNU_GETTEXT_VERSION macro, which is 0.11.5.
Working with GNU Midnight Commander
===================================
Please use the CVS version. It may be quite different from the released
versions. A lot of cleanup is going on. The CVS version may be easier
Please use the GIT version. It may be quite different from the released
versions. A lot of cleanup is going on. The GIT version may be easier
to understand, in addition to the obvious fact that the merging is
easier with the CVS version.
easier with the GIT version.
There are some tools in the maint directory on CVS. They are not
There are some tools in the maint directory on GIT. They are not
included with releases or snapshots. You may be interested to look at
them if you are going to work on the project for an extended period of
time. In particular, the release procedure is described there.
In order to compile GNU Midnight Commander from a clean CVS checkout you
In order to compile GNU Midnight Commander from a clean GIT checkout you
should use autogen.sh instead of configure. Arguments passed to
autogen.sh are passed to configure after it's generated.
@ -127,14 +128,6 @@ src - the main part of the code.
This code includes the dialog manager written by Radek Doulik and source
code of the main application.
slang - stripped down S-Lang library.
It's provided to allow compilation that don't have the S-Lang library
with complete headers or the library is broken. Please avoid changing
this code. If you do change it, please consider contributing your
changes to the maintainers of S-Lang.
Code structure - details
========================