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Re: INSTALL mentions "bootstrap" file
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Gavin Smith |
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Re: INSTALL mentions "bootstrap" file |
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Sun, 29 Sep 2024 09:17:33 +0100 |
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.
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> 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".
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> I installed the attached to the Autoconf documentation to try to lessen the
> confusion.
That looks great, thank you!