From: Stefano Lattarini Date: Sun, 8 Aug 2010 10:05:45 +0000 (+0200) Subject: Bootstrap: updated HACKING entry. X-Git-Tag: v1.11.1b~58^2~5 X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=fbab1c8830e2dc05f01a72bebf989ada34af49ae;p=thirdparty%2Fautomake.git Bootstrap: updated HACKING entry. * HACKING ("Working with git"): Tell how to override the autoconf and autom4te used by the bootstrap process. --- diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog index c3c348f0a..4ce7c6351 100644 --- a/ChangeLog +++ b/ChangeLog @@ -1,5 +1,9 @@ 2010-08-08 Stefano Lattarini + Bootstrap: updated HACKING entry. + * HACKING ("Working with git"): Explain how to override the + autoconf and autom4te programs used by the bootstrap process. + Bootstrap: fixlet. * bootstrap: Do not remove `lib/Automake/Config.pm' anymore, since we don't generate it. Correctly quote arguments of diff --git a/HACKING b/HACKING index 2e404f56e..8480f7c7b 100644 --- a/HACKING +++ b/HACKING @@ -96,7 +96,12 @@ tree, so the resulting files (aclocal.m4 and Makefile.in) should be the same as you would get if you install this version of automake and use it to generate those files. Be sure to have the - latest stable version of Autoconf installed. + latest stable version of Autoconf installed. If such version is + not installed as "autoconf", pass it explicitly (along with the + accompanying "autom4te") when calling `bootstrap' and `configure'. + For example: + $ AUTOCONF=autoconf2.65 AUTOM4TE=autom4te2.65 ./bootstrap + $ ./configure AUTOCONF=autoconf2.65 AUTOM4TE=autom4te2.65 * Dependent files aclocal.m4, configure and Makefile.in in all directories should be up to date in the git repository, so that