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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.
                      3: 
                      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.