Re: INSTALL mentions "bootstrap" file
Gavin Smith <[email protected]> Sun, 29 Sep 2024 09:17:33 +0100
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On Sat, Sep 28, 2024 at 04:39:52PM -0700, Paul Eggert wrote: > On 2024-09-28 13:49, Gavin Smith wrote: > > The text of INSTALL still uses "bootstrap" even though not all packages > > use this file and there is no reason that they should. > > Packages that don't need to bootstrap are fine, as the recommended command > won't try to run "bootstrap". The problem arises only when a package needs > bootstrapping and has a bootstrapping script that is not named "bootstrap". > > I installed the attached to the Autoconf documentation to try to lessen the > confusion. That looks great, thank you!