README-alpha

This is the GNU cpio package.
This document describes the actions needed to build the pre-release
or Git version of the package. See end of file for copying conditions.

* Introduction

This is a *pre-release* version, and not ready for production use
yet. If you are taking source from Git, you will need to have several
special tools to help contribute. See the file README-hacking for more
information, See chapter `Building' for the detailed instructions on
how to build the package.

Please, note that the accompanying documentation may be inaccurate
or incomplete. The Git logs are the authoritative documentation of
all recent changes. You may convert them to the traditional ChangeLog
format by running `make ChangeLog'.

Report bugs to <bug-cpio@gnu.org>

* Checking Out the Sources

The following instructions apply if you wish to obtain sources from
the Git repository:

To clone the source tree from the repository, issue the following command:

  git clone git://git.savannah.gnu.org/cpio.git

This will give you read-only access.  If you think you need write access,
contact the mailing list.

* Building

Usual procedures apply:

 ./configure
 make
 make install

See INSTALL and README for the detailed instructions.

* Copyright information:

Copyright (C) 2004-2024 Free Software Foundation, Inc.

This file is part of GNU cpio.

GNU cpio is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
the Free Software Foundation; either version 3, or (at your option)
any later version.

GNU cpio is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
GNU General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
along with GNU cpio; see the file COPYING.  If not, write to
the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330,
Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.


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