From fbab1c8830e2dc05f01a72bebf989ada34af49ae Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Stefano Lattarini Date: Sun, 8 Aug 2010 12:05:45 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Bootstrap: updated HACKING entry. * HACKING ("Working with git"): Tell how to override the autoconf and autom4te used by the bootstrap process. --- ChangeLog | 4 ++++ HACKING | 7 ++++++- 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) 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 -- 2.47.2