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| author | Dave Love <fx@gnu.org> | 2001-02-21 17:55:00 +0000 |
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| committer | Dave Love <fx@gnu.org> | 2001-02-21 17:55:00 +0000 |
| commit | de93306bba5b7a5a7865a14db19b5a11d783d8be (patch) | |
| tree | 8bf96c05ee8529bc7a8408c852198f794b8c84ee /README | |
| parent | f42e6f81b4d87d76f10d08fb878165369913c95d (diff) | |
| download | emacs-de93306bba5b7a5a7865a14db19b5a11d783d8be.tar.gz | |
Amend autoconf/configure stuff.
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1 files changed, 6 insertions, 9 deletions
@@ -33,15 +33,12 @@ process of building and installing Emacs. See INSTALL for more detailed information. The file `configure.in' is the input used by the autoconf program to -construct the `configure' script. Since Emacs has configuration -requirements that autoconf can't meet, `configure.in' uses an unholy -marriage of custom-baked configuration code and autoconf macros; it -may be wise to avoid rebuilding `configure' from `configure.in' when -possible. - -If you do want to rebuild `configure' from `configure.in', you will -need to install autoconf and GNU m4 (the version of m4 supplied with -your system might not be enough). +construct the `configure' script. Since Emacs has some configuration +requirements that autoconf can't meet directly, and for historical +reasons, `configure.in' uses an unholy marriage of custom-baked +configuration code and autoconf macros. If you want to rebuild +`configure' from `configure.in', you will need to install a recent +version of autoconf and GNU m4. The file `Makefile.in' is a template used by `configure' to create `Makefile'. |