Mercurial > emacs
changeset 36268:475b449e3903
Amend autoconf/configure stuff.
| author | Dave Love <fx@gnu.org> |
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| date | Wed, 21 Feb 2001 17:55:00 +0000 |
| parents | 6abfaee147b1 |
| children | 9a470a7db563 |
| files | README |
| diffstat | 1 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-) [+] |
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--- a/README Wed Feb 21 17:46:30 2001 +0000 +++ b/README Wed Feb 21 17:55:00 2001 +0000 @@ -33,15 +33,12 @@ 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'.