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1.1     ! misho       1: All you need to know when hacking (modifying) GNU libiconv or when building
        !             2: it off the CVS.
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        !             4: 
        !             5: Requirements
        !             6: ============
        !             7: 
        !             8: You will need reasonably recent versions of the build tools:
        !             9: 
        !            10:   * A C compiler. Such as GNU GCC.
        !            11:     + Homepage:
        !            12:       http://gcc.gnu.org/
        !            13: 
        !            14:   * GNU automake
        !            15:     + Homepage:
        !            16:       http://www.gnu.org/software/automake/
        !            17: 
        !            18:   * GNU autoconf
        !            19:     + Homepage:
        !            20:       http://www.gnu.org/software/autoconf/
        !            21: 
        !            22:   * GNU m4
        !            23:     + Homepage:
        !            24:       http://www.gnu.org/software/m4/
        !            25: 
        !            26:   * GNU gperf
        !            27:     + Homepage:
        !            28:       http://www.gnu.org/software/gperf/
        !            29: 
        !            30:   * GNU groff 1.17 or newer
        !            31:     + Homepage:
        !            32:       http://www.gnu.org/software/groff/
        !            33: 
        !            34:   * Perl
        !            35:     + Homepage:
        !            36:       http://www.perl.org/
        !            37: 
        !            38:   * Either an internet connection or a recent copy of GNU gnulib.
        !            39:     + Homepage:
        !            40:       http://www.gnu.org/software/gnulib/
        !            41: 
        !            42: And, of course, the packages listed in the DEPENDENCIES file.
        !            43: 
        !            44: 
        !            45: Building off the CVS
        !            46: ====================
        !            47: 
        !            48: Access to the CVS is described at http://sourceforge.net/cvs/?group_id=51585 .
        !            49: 
        !            50: After fetching the sources from the CVS, peek at the comments in autogen.sh,
        !            51: then run "./autogen.sh"; then you can proceed with "./configure" as usual.
        !            52: 
        !            53: 
        !            54: Adding new encodings
        !            55: ====================
        !            56: 
        !            57: For an indication which encodings are acceptable in the official version of
        !            58: GNU libiconv, take a look at NOTES.
        !            59: 
        !            60: For an indication which files need to be modified when adding a new encoding,
        !            61: look for example at the 2007-05-25 ChangeLog entry for RK1048.  The lib/*.h
        !            62: file for an encoding is usually generated by one of the tools in the tools/
        !            63: directory.  All you need to provide is the conversion table in the format of
        !            64: the many *.TXT files.