From: David Oberhollenzer <david.oberhollenzer@sigma-star.at>
Date: Mon, 13 Feb 2017 21:31:15 +0000 (+0100)
Subject: Update faq entry on compiling mtd-utils
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Update faq entry on compiling mtd-utils

Signed-off-by: David Oberhollenzer <david.oberhollenzer@sigma-star.at>
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diff --git a/faq/general.xml b/faq/general.xml
index a11147a..3b1e4c5 100644
--- a/faq/general.xml
+++ b/faq/general.xml
@@ -269,14 +269,30 @@ repository:
 
 <CODE>git://git.infradead.org/mtd-utils.git</CODE>
 
+<P>
+Source tar balls of the release versions are available from the following
+ftp directory:
+</P>
+
+<CODE>ftp://ftp.infradead.org/pub/mtd-utils/</CODE>
+
 <P>
 To compile, first you have to install libraries the tools depend on. You can
 find the information about <CODE>mkfs.jffs2</CODE> dependencies
 <A HREF="jffs2.html#L_mkfs_jffs2_comp">here</A> and the the information about
 <CODE>mkfs.ubifs</CODE> dependencies
-<A HREF="ubifs.html#L_mkfs_ubifs_comp">here</A>. Once you have these satisfied,
-you should be able to simply type <CODE>make</CODE> from the root mtd-utils
-directory.
+<A HREF="ubifs.html#L_mkfs_ubifs_comp">here</A>.
+</P>
+
+<P>
+The mtd-utils use an autotools based build system. For the release tar balls,
+simply run the <CODE>configure</CODE> script from the mtd-utils root directory
+followed by <CODE>make</CODE> to build the mtd-utils.
+</P>
+
+<P>
+If you are working on the mtd-utils git-tree, you have to generate the
+configure script by running the <CODE>autogen.sh</CODE> script first.
 </P>