[PATCH] docs: add info about git submodules

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Michael Adler

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Feb 25, 2022, 6:13:26 AM2/25/22
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Building without git submodules fails with missing dependencies and
it's not obvious where to get those from.

Signed-off-by: Michael Adler <michae...@siemens.com>
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docs/COMPILE.md | 7 +++++++
1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)

diff --git a/docs/COMPILE.md b/docs/COMPILE.md
index 101c9d6..919c679 100644
--- a/docs/COMPILE.md
+++ b/docs/COMPILE.md
@@ -2,6 +2,13 @@

## Required libraries and headers for compilation ##

+If you are building from a git checkout, make sure that you have cloned
+the git submodules as well, e.g.
+
+```
+git submodule update --init
+```
+
### Arch Linux ###

```
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2.35.1

Jan Kiszka

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Mar 1, 2022, 2:20:23 AM3/1/22
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Thanks, applied.

Jan

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