README.txt is slightly wrong

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In README.txt, it states:

`svn co http://protobuf.googlecode.com/svn/tags/2.4.1 protobuf`

This does not provide an enjoyable environment to build protocol buffers in. 
You still need to run autoconf/automake, and this is documented nowhere (that I 
could find).

To make it easier on your users, change the line to use the provided 2.4.1 .zip 
package: `wget http://protobuf.googlecode.com/files/protobuf-2.4.1.zip && unzip 
protobuf-2.4.1.zip && rm protobuf-2.4.1.zip && mv protobuf-2.4.1 protobuf`

Original issue reported on code.google.com by [email protected] on 19 Jan 2013 at 12:02

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(Thank you)

Original comment by [email protected] on 19 Jan 2013 at 12:03

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I think you still need to do autoconf/automake in order to translate 
Makefile.am -> Makefile.in -> Makefile in the src directory. 

Original comment by [email protected] on 31 Jan 2013 at 3:10

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I don't believe you do, but maybe you do (?). The issue is that the steps to 
build protocol buffers are not correctly documented in the svn trunk.

The README.txt in both the .zip I linked and the raw repository states as the 
first step:

  $ ./configure

There is no configure script provided in svn tags/2.4.1, but there is in the 
.zip I linked. I'm not really familiar with autoconf/automake, but is this 
script not generated by that buildchain?

Hope I explained that clearly, and, sorry, if I'm missing something obvious 
somewhere.

Original comment by [email protected] on 31 Jan 2013 at 9:08