README.FIRST

Hi!

If you are getting this code from http://launchpad.net/libmemcached then
continue reading. Otherwise these directions are not for you (well maybe...).

To obtain code from http://bazaar.launchpad.net/libmemcached you will need to
issue the following command:

bzr branch lp:libmemcached

Once the tree is cloned you will need to build the "configure" script. You
can do this by running the script:

./bootstrap.sh autoreconf

It will set up all of the files you need to build libmemcached. At that
point it is just the typical "./configure; make; make test; make install"

By providing a MEMCACHED_BINARY environment variable when with ./configure, "make test" will start its own Memcached servers.
For example, run: MEMCACHED_BINARY=/usr/local/bin/memcached ./configure.
Another option is to directly edit the created Makefile and add the binary path to MEMCACHED_BINARY.

For a tarball release do a "make dist" and for an RPM type "make rpm".

For patches, we prefer you push a branch to launchpad and then submit that 
branch to be merged. For more information, see:

https://help.launchpad.net/Code/UploadingABranch
https://help.launchpad.net/Code/Review

Thanks and keep hacking!

Cheers,
  -Brian
  Seattle, WA.