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authorEric Blake <ebb9@byu.net>2010-01-05 10:43:20 -0700
committerEric Blake <ebb9@byu.net>2010-01-05 20:41:54 -0700
commit36c382bdf8c55629d2cf9c9e5d44f80c6e886e7c (patch)
tree4938b035869546f5dfdaf386f7e675a78a2e6e85
parente673fde780548fcdd5bd13358cc5a8a46e27d8e0 (diff)
downloadm4-36c382bdf8c55629d2cf9c9e5d44f80c6e886e7c.tar.gz
Clarify minimum bootstrap requirements.
* bootstrap: Avoid out-of-date duplicated data. Signed-off-by: Eric Blake <ebb9@byu.net>
-rw-r--r--ChangeLog3
-rwxr-xr-xbootstrap11
2 files changed, 9 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index da50c551..d60f293f 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
2010-01-05 Eric Blake <ebb9@byu.net>
+ Clarify minimum bootstrap requirements.
+ * bootstrap: Avoid out-of-date duplicated data.
+
Security fix by requiring newer automake features.
* configure.ac (AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE): Add dist-xz, color-tests,
parallel-tests, and silent-rules.
diff --git a/bootstrap b/bootstrap
index 791627e7..25c07f0d 100755
--- a/bootstrap
+++ b/bootstrap
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
#! /bin/sh
-# bootstrap (GNU M4) version 2009-12-14
+# bootstrap (GNU M4) version 2010-01-05
# Written by Gary V. Vaughan <gary@gnu.org>
# Copyright (C) 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 Free Software
@@ -31,10 +31,11 @@
# locate the right tools:
# AUTORECONF, CONFIG_SHELL, GNULIB_SRCDIR, M4, RM, SED
-# This script bootstraps a git or CVS checkout of GNU M4 by correctly
-# calling out to parts of the GNU Build Platform. Currently this
-# requires GNU Autoconf 2.60, GNU Automake 1.10.1, and bleeding edge
-# git or CVS snapshots of GNU Gnulib.
+# This script bootstraps a git checkout of GNU M4 by correctly calling
+# out to parts of the GNU Build Platform. See HACKING for a list of
+# prerequisite tools and versions required. If you are re-running
+# bootstrap on a release tarball rather than using a git checkout,
+# then see the release announcement for the prerequisite tools used.
# Report bugs to <bug-m4@gnu.org>