From 27fbeb77f96d99f41f4b6bb87eb50ae977de25a8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Mathieu Lirzin <mthl@gnu.org>
Date: Thu, 18 May 2017 14:47:53 +0200
Subject: bootstrap: Add a rationale for the bootstrap process.

* bootstrap: Explain why we can't simply run 'autoreconf -i'.
---
 bootstrap | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/bootstrap b/bootstrap
index 781627df6..d0766d4c8 100755
--- a/bootstrap
+++ b/bootstrap
@@ -18,6 +18,10 @@
 # You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 # along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 
+# Since Automake uses itself in its build process, we can't simply run
+# 'autoreconf -i' which would require Automake to already be
+# installed.
+
 # Don't ignore failures.
 set -e
 
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