mtd/utils automake attic?

[David Woodhouse]

On Mon, 2003-05-26 at 01:54, David Wuertele wrote:
> I'm trying to compile the utils directory following the automake
> instructions, but there seem to be files missing in my version of
> CVS:  
> 
>   automake: `configure.ac' or `configure.in' is required
>   automake: configure.in: required file `./install-sh' not found
>   automake: configure.in: required file `./missing' not found
>   configure.in: 4: required file `./config.h.in' not found
> 
> When I look at the web CVS, I can see those files:
> 
> http://www.infradead.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi/mtd/util/?hideattic=0&sortby=date
> 
> They appear to be "in the attic".  What does that mean?  Is there a
> way to download these files using cvs?

It means they've been deleted from CVS. They're there only as part of
the history -- you can obtain them by asking for a specific (i.e. the
penultimate) version, or by date.

But don't bother -- I removed the auto* crap in favour of the proper
makefiles. If you need to cross-compile, you can do so with a command
such as 'make CROSS=arm-linux-gnu- mkfs.jffs2'.

You'll need to make sure that zlib is in your toolchain's sys-root or
otherwise available.

-- 
dwmw2