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authorJim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>2006-09-26 13:03:03 +0000
committerJim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>2006-09-26 13:03:03 +0000
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* README: Warn not to run autoreconf manually. Use bootstrap instead.
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@@ -167,6 +167,12 @@ as you can. Based on the feedback that generates, you may be able to
convince us that it's worth adding.
+WARNING: Now that we use the ./bootstrap script, you should not run
+autoreconf manually. Doing that will overwrite essential source files
+with older versions, which may make the package unbuildable or introduce
+subtle bugs.
+
+
WARNING: If you modify files like configure.in, m4/*.m4, aclocal.m4,
or any Makefile.am, then don't be surprised if what gets regenerated no
longer works. To make things work, you'll have to be using appropriate