mention configure script generation (idea from @hugoduncan).

fixes #818

diff --git a/README b/README
index 8a3478102d717122ac4da3ff20d0adc056170dcb..a2f80ce73dc20f8aacc80bc2d3bb16d87c8a7376 100644 (file)
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -873,6 +873,23 @@ Configuring with libjvm
   Adding "-ljvm" to the JAVA_LDFLAGS is done automatically, you don't have to
   do that.
 
+Generating the configure script
+-------------------------------
+
+Collectd ships with a `build.sh' script to generate the `configure'
+script shipped with releases.
+
+To generate the `configure` script, you'll need the following dependencies:
+
+- autoconf
+- automke
+- flex
+- bison
+- libtool
+- libtool-ltdl
+
+The `build.sh' script takes no arguments.
+
 Crosscompiling
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