From 8bfb4ca005e138444304255ffb28956abbe07943 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Gunnar Beutner Date: Mon, 17 Sep 2012 14:54:17 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Updated README files to mention autogen.sh (hi lazyfrosch!) --- INSTALL | 9 +++++++++ README | 2 ++ 2 files changed, 11 insertions(+) diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL index 68491c41a..e1bffa52f 100644 --- a/INSTALL +++ b/INSTALL @@ -58,6 +58,12 @@ The configure script supports all the usual parameters one comes to expect from autoconf. In particular you may want to use --prefix to specify an alternative installation prefix. +Note: The Git repository does not contain any auto-generated Autotools files, +i.e. there is no 'configure' script. In this case you will need to regenerate +the 'configure' script by running 'autogen.sh'. However, as an end-user you +should reconsider whether you really want to use the code from the Git +repository. In general it is advisable to use one of the dist tarballs instead. + Running Icinga 2 ---------------- @@ -73,3 +79,6 @@ Icinga 2 reads a single configuration file which is used to specify all configuration settings (global settings, hosts, services, etc.). The configuration format is explained in detail in the docs/icinga2-config.txt file. + +By default "make install" installs example configuration files to /etc/icinga2 +unless you have specified a different prefix or sysconfdir. diff --git a/README b/README index 5c51fcd89..b1c479725 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -7,5 +7,7 @@ information about how to install it. The documentation file docs/icinga2-intro.txt contains an in-depth overview of currently implemented and planned features for Icinga 2. +Read the INSTALL file for information on how to install Icinga 2. + Check the project website at http://www.icinga.org/ for status updates and https://www.icinga.org/support/ if you want to contact us.