1 Requirements 2 ============ 3 If you use the GIT version of strace there will be some files missing 4 that you need to build strace. These files are generated by tools from 5 the GNU Autoconf and Automake packages. You need recent versions, which 6 provide the `autoreconf -i' command that will do everything you need. 7 8 9 No more ChangeLog file 10 ====================== 11 Do not create or modify the ChangeLog files. Starting at 2009-07-09, the 12 policy changed. Before, we would insert the exact same text (or worse, 13 sometimes slightly differing) into both the ChangeLog file and the commit 14 log. Now we put that information only in the commit log, and generate 15 the top-level ChangeLog file from logs at "make dist" time. As such, 16 there are strict requirements on the form of the commit log messages. 17 18 19 Commit log requirements 20 ======================= 21 Each commit log should always start with a one-line summary, the second 22 line should be blank, and the remaining lines are usually ChangeLog-style 23 entries for all affected files, except the leading TABs which should 24 be omitted. 25 26 27 Documentation 28 ============= 29 All noteworthy changes should be mentioned in NEWS. All changes in strace 30 command interface should be reflected in the man page. New options should 31 be documented both in -h output and in the man page. 32
