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authorAkim Demaille <akim@epita.fr>2000-02-09 18:17:50 +0000
committerAkim Demaille <akim@epita.fr>2000-02-09 18:17:50 +0000
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@@ -9,31 +9,29 @@ operating system features that the package can use, in the form of m4
macro calls.
Producing configuration scripts using Autoconf requires GNU m4. You
-must install GNU m4 (version 1.1 or later, preferably 1.3 or later
-for better performance) before configuring Autoconf, so that
-Autoconf's configure script can find it. The configuration scripts
-produced by Autoconf are self-contained, so their users do not need to
-have Autoconf (or GNU m4).
+must install GNU m4 (version 1.4 or later) before configuring
+Autoconf, so that Autoconf's configure script can find it. The
+configuration scripts produced by Autoconf are self-contained, so
+their users do not need to have Autoconf (or GNU m4).
-Also, some optional utilities that come with Autoconf use Perl, TCL,
-and the TCL packages Expect and DejaGNU. However, none of those
-are required in order to use the main Autoconf program. If they are
-not present, the affected Autoconf utilities will not be installed.
+Also, some optional utilities that come with Autoconf use Perl.
+However, it is not required in order to use the main Autoconf program.
+If it is not present, the affected Autoconf utilities will not be
+installed.
-The file INSTALL can be distributed with packages that use
+You can use the program `autoheader' to automatically create a
+configuration header from a `configure.in'.
+
+The file INSTALL should be distributed with packages that use
Autoconf-generated configure scripts and Makefiles that conform to the
GNU coding standards. The package's README can just give an overview
of the package, where to report bugs, and a pointer to INSTALL for
instructions on compilation and installation. This removes the need
to maintain many similar sets of installation instructions.
-The file `acconfig.h' contains short descriptions of the C preprocessor
-variables that Autoconf can define, suitable for copying into other
-packages' configuration headers or Makefile.in files. You can use the
-program `autoheader' to automatically create a configuration header
-from a `configure.in', based on the information in `acconfig.h'.
-
Mail suggestions and bug reports for Autoconf to autoconf@gnu.org.
-Please include the Autoconf version number, which you can get by running
-"autoconf --version". The current autoconf maintainer is Ben Elliston
-<bje@cygnus.com>.
+Please include the Autoconf version number, which you can get by
+running `autoconf --version'.
+
+PS/ Oops, by the way, please read the file `INSTALL' to install
+Autoconf ;)