From 9cd1e449523843d4065714459eed251745fed26f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Pandora Date: Sat, 6 Jan 2018 13:52:39 -0600 Subject: [PATCH] update readme to include info for building non-debug versions I swear I already put that in there --- README.md | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index de68e70..9219848 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -47,6 +47,8 @@ Before you build - check and see if there's a packaged version available for you If there's no packaged version available - think carefully, since you're using a forked screen locker at your own risk. +If you want to build a non-debug version, you should tag your build before configuring. For example: `git tag -f "git-$(git rev-parse --short HEAD)"` will add a tag with the short commit ID, which will be used for the version info. + i3lock now uses GNU autotools for building; you'll need to do something like `autoreconf -i && ./configure && make` to build. ### Required Packages