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+2017-09-19 Mark Wielaard <mark@klomp.org>
+
+ * README: Add basic build instructions.
+
2017-05-03 Ulf Hermann <ulf.hermann@qt.io>
* configure.ac: Test if symbol versioning is supported.
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Releases are published at ftp://sourceware.org/pub/elfutils/
Which can also be found at https://sourceware.org/elfutils/ftp/
+To build a release do: ./configure && make && make check
+Please check the configure summary to make sure all recommended
+features are enabled. There should be no failures after make check.
+
Please reports bugs at https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/
The current elfutils source code can be checked out with
git clone git://sourceware.org/git/elfutils.git
+To build a git checkout do:
+ autoreconf -i -f && \
+ ./configure --enable-maintainer-mode && \
+ make && make check
+
The developer mailinglist to send patches to is
elfutils-devel@sourceware.org.
https://sourceware.org/ml/elfutils-devel/