From: Jim Meyering <meyering@redhat.com>
Date: Sat, 3 Nov 2007 18:17:32 +0000 (+0100)
Subject: Adjust the build procedure so "make check" works reliably.
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Adjust the build procedure so "make check" works reliably.

* README-hacking: Include an extra step between "make" and
"make check" to ensure that the latter passes.
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diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index d6b4ba1e..d1eece0e 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 2007-11-03  Jim Meyering  <meyering@redhat.com>
 
+	Adjust the build procedure so "make check" works reliably.
+	* README-hacking: Include an extra step between "make" and
+	"make check" to ensure that the latter passes.
+
 	Use just-built tools, when possible.
 	* GNUmakefile (PATH): Set and export here, ...
 	(dummy): ... rather than here.
diff --git a/README-hacking b/README-hacking
index 32c4a476..61616fea 100644
--- a/README-hacking
+++ b/README-hacking
@@ -33,12 +33,15 @@ You can get a copy of the source repository like this:
 The next step is to generate files like configure and Makefile.in:
 
 	$ cd autoconf
-	$ ( PATH=`pwd`/tests:$PATH; autoreconf -vi )
+	$ autoreconf -vi
 
-And there you are!  Just
+Since we're building autoconf itself, and its tests are picky, the
+following procedure includes an extra step to ensure that some
+generated files are regenerated using the tools just build by "make":
 
 	$ ./configure
 	$ make
+	$ ( PATH=`pwd`/tests:$PATH; autoreconf -vi )
 	$ make check
 
 At this point, there should be no difference between your local copy,