From 412a3ca0b0e87c1be185aa344adff347a7559736 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jim Meyering Date: Tue, 26 Sep 2006 13:03:03 +0000 Subject: * README: Warn not to run autoreconf manually. Use bootstrap instead. --- README | 6 ++++++ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+) (limited to 'README') diff --git a/README b/README index 34d145ce7..cff225dbe 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -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 -- cgit v1.2.3-70-g09d2