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@@ -22,13 +22,19 @@ option, make sure ninja is installed and pass NINJA="yes" to the
build script.
NOTE: You must remove any previous installation of Gnucash before
-running this script, otherwise the build will fail.
+running this script, otherwise the build will most likely fail.
-If you are building on current (15.0 EXPERIMENTAL), you will need the
-guile2.2 package from Ponce's -current repo.
+This script builds version 3.11. If you need the old stable 2.6.x
+series, please use gnucash-legacy, also available on SBo.
+
+Please note version 3.11 will be the last for Slackware 14.2.
+Version 4.x will NOT build on 14.2 because of outdated dependencies
+(gcc, cmake, and glib2 among others).
-This script builds version 3.x which is now considered stable by the
-upstream developers. If you need the old stable 2.6.x series, please
-use gnucash-legacy, also available on SBo.
+NOTE FOR CURRENT/15.0
-Please note the 3.x series will be the last for Slackware 14.2.
+If you are building on current (15.0 EXPERIMENTAL), you will need the
+guile2.2 package from Ponce's -current repo. Alternatively, you can
+download version 4.1 or later from the gnucash website and build that
+by passing VERSION=4.(1 or later) to the script without having to
+install guile2.2. (Version 4.0 still requires guile2.2.)