Hey Alan!

 AI> I was using the git version on a slackware-current live DVD.

That should be fine although I've never tried git on any of the live releases.

 AI> When I ran ./configure it said I needed gnulib

AHA!  You need to run ./bootstrap first.  That will take care of gnulib which will become part of the source optimized for whatever ./bootstrap finds interesting.

Life is good,
Maurice

 o-   o-   o-   o-  -o    o-   o-  -o    o-  -o   -o   -o    o-   o-   o-   o-
/)   /)   /)   /)    (\  /)   /)    (\  /)    (\   (\   (\  /)   /)   /)   /)
^^   ^^   ^^   ^^    ^^  ^^   ^^    ^^  ^^    ^^   ^^   ^^  ^^   ^^   ^^   ^^
... Fidonet 4K - Sweet Sixteen Penguins of the Apocalypse.
--- GNU bash, version 5.2.15(1)-release (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu)