source: trunk/third/sed/README.boot @ 17271

Because a working sed is a prerequisite for running the ``configure''
script, I have provided the script ``bootstrap.sh'' which will attempt
to build a version of sed adequate for running ``configure''.  If it
fails, edit the ``config.h'' file that was created according to the
comments found therein, and then try running ``bootstrap.sh'' again.

Note: the bootstrap build is quite likely to babble on and on
with various compiler warnings.  You may want to tell bootstrap.sh
how to invoke your compiler with warnings disabled.  For example,
with a Bourne-like shell and gcc one could use:
  $ CC='gcc -w' sh bootstrap.sh
or with a csh-like shell, one could try:
  % env CC='gcc -w' sh bootstrap.sh

Once you get a working version of sed, temporarily install sed/sed
somewhere in your $PATH, and then really re-build the normal way
(starting with ``sh configure''); the bootstrap version is almost
certainly more crippled than it needs to be on your machine.

I don't much care to hear about any bugs in ``bootstrap'' versions
of sed beyond those which actually keep sed's configure script from
running properly.  I am especially uninterested in compiler warnings
from the bootstrap build.  If you do report a bootstapping bug, please
be sure to include the AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE line from configure.in in your
bug report.