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bootstrap: Add a rationale for the bootstrap process.
authorMathieu Lirzin <mthl@gnu.org>
Thu, 18 May 2017 12:47:53 +0000 (14:47 +0200)
committerMathieu Lirzin <mthl@gnu.org>
Sat, 20 May 2017 12:20:32 +0000 (14:20 +0200)
* bootstrap: Explain why we can't simply run 'autoreconf -i'.

bootstrap

index 781627df659b869f5c5f8ee75afdedd9545da39c..d0766d4c843d7c97bb45e2c0cddfde972e43165f 100755 (executable)
--- a/bootstrap
+++ b/bootstrap
 # You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 # along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 
+# Since Automake uses itself in its build process, we can't simply run
+# 'autoreconf -i' which would require Automake to already be
+# installed.
+
 # Don't ignore failures.
 set -e