This is a short guide on building the latest development version of Upstart:
1. Get the code. Libnih is a utility library used by Upstart.
$ bzr branch lp:libnih $ bzr branch lp:upstart
2. Configure and build libnih
$ cd libnih/ $ autoreconf -i $ ./configure $ make
3. Configure and build Upstart
$ cd ../upstart $ autoreconf -i $ ./configure --with-local-libnih=../libnih $ make
Make sure to read upstart/HACKING to satisfy build dependencies.
You may need to include the libnih m4 file in your upstart checkout, or update that copied in from the system; if your build fails, try:
$ cp ../libnih/m4/libnih.m4 m4 $ autoconf
Distributions will likely have a separate package of libnih available, e.g. as libnih-dev or nih-devel, etc. If you install this package, you only need to configure and build Upstart as normal; though beware that trunk may need the very latest version of libnih, or even an unreleased version.
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