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@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@ 2006-09-26 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net> + * README: Warn not to run autoreconf manually. Use bootstrap instead. + * src/groups.sh: When invoked with 0 or 1 argument, just exec "id". Rewrite to avoid using temporary, $status. @@ -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 |