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@@ -23,6 +23,14 @@ Make, try using `build.sh' instead.
GNU Make is free software. See the file COPYING for copying conditions.
+Downloading
+-----------
+
+GNU Make can be obtained in many different ways. See a description here:
+
+ http://www.gnu.org/software/software.html
+
+
Documentation
-------------
@@ -35,7 +43,21 @@ site. There is information there about ordering hardcopy documentation.
http://www.gnu.org/doc/doc.html
http://www.gnu.org/manual/manual.html
-You can also find the latest versions of GNU Make from there.
+
+Development
+-----------
+
+GNU Make development is hosted by Savannah, the FSF's online development
+management tool. Savannah is here:
+
+ http://savannah.gnu.org
+
+And the GNU Make development page is here:
+
+ http://savannah.gnu.org/projects/make/
+
+You can find most information concerning the development of GNU Make at
+this site.
Bug Reporting
@@ -45,13 +67,10 @@ You can send GNU make bug reports to <bug-make@gnu.org>. Please see the
section of the GNU make manual entitled `Problems and Bugs' for
information on submitting useful and complete bug reports.
-You can also use the FSF's online bug tracking system to submit new
-problem reports or search for existing ones. A web interface is
-available here:
+You can also use the online bug tracking system in the Savannah GNU Make
+project to submit new problem reports or search for existing ones:
- http://www-gnats.gnu.org:8080/cgi-bin/wwwgnats.pl
-
-Use the Category "make".
+ http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?group_id=71
If you need help using GNU make, try these forums:
@@ -60,6 +79,17 @@ If you need help using GNU make, try these forums:
news:gnu.utils.help
news:gnu.utils.bug
+ http://savannah.gnu.org/support/?group_id=71
+
+You may also find interesting patches to GNU Make available here:
+
+ http://savannah.gnu.org/patch/?group_id=71
+
+Note these patches are provided by our users as a service and we make no
+statements regarding their correctness. Please contact the authors
+directly if you have a problem or suggestion for a patch available on
+this page.
+
CVS Access
----------
@@ -67,15 +97,15 @@ CVS Access
The GNU make source repository is available via anonymous CVS from the
GNU Subversions CVS server; look here for details:
- http://www.gnu.org/software/devel.html
+ http://savannah.gnu.org/cvs/?group_id=71
Please note: you won't be able to build GNU make from CVS without
-installing appropriate maintainer's tools, such as automake, autoconf,
-GNU make, and GCC. There are no instructions on this included with the
-tree, so you must be familiar with the installation and use of these
-tools. We make no guarantees about the contents or quality of the
-latest code in the CVS repository: it is not unheard of for code that is
-known to be broken to be checked in. Use at your own risk.
+installing appropriate maintainer's tools, such as GNU m4, automake,
+autoconf, Perl, GNU make, and GCC. See the README.cvs 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 CVS
+repository: it is not unheard of for code that is known to be broken to
+be checked in. Use at your own risk.
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