[Ipmitool-devel] How-to build IPMItool from CVS

[Zdenek S. <zde...@gm...>]

Hi,

I'm wondering whether it was just me, because I was unable to build
IPMItool from CVS
nor I've found how-to do it(on the other hand, I didn't give searching
too much time).
I'm not even sure whether there is some how-to. Well, there is now.

1] check-out IPMItool from CVS
2] patch configure.in and Makefile.am
3] $ libtoolize --force ;
4] $ aclocal ;
5] $ touch NEWS; which is required by $ automake;, yet missing!!!
6] $ automake --force-missing --add-missing ;
7] $ autoconf ;
8] $ ./configure && make && make install ;

It would great if somebody experienced with autotools confirmed steps
above and reviewed diffs.

It would be even greater if somebody with CVS commit access committed
attached diffs, because
they seem to be necessary nowadays. Also creating file './NEWS' file
with line "See ChangeLog"
would be great as well. I mean, come on and let's make this process as
painless as possible
without additional creation of files during the run.

Tested at Slackware64-current. If required, I can send specific
version of whatever you want.

Enjoy,
Z.