Re: [ANN] Stdlib 34.1 released

[Philipp Janda <siffiejoe@...>]

Am 01.04.2013 20:57 schröbte Dirk Laurie:
> 2013/4/1 Gary V. Vaughan <gary@vaughan.pe>:
>
> > Stdlib's home page is at http://github.com/rrthomas/lua-stdlib/
>
> How does one use the stuff in there?
>
> The INSTALL says:
>
> Briefly, the shell commands `./configure; make; make install' should
> configure, build, and install this package.
>
> I've often seen packages with that; however, this one does not have
> a ./configure. It does not have a Makefile. It does not have a rockspec.

All those files are in the release branch.

> Instead, it has:
>
> configure.ac
> GNUmakefile
> Makefile.am
> stdlib.rockspec.in

This is GNU Autoconf stuff -- you probably don't want to go there ...

> Obviously some package will turn these into the real thing.
> Doubtless some Googling or internet exploration will reveal
> all. But a little hint in ether the README or INSTALL would
> have been nice.

Philipp