Re: INSTALL mentions "bootstrap" file

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On Sat, Sep 28, 2024 at 04:39:52PM -0700, Paul Eggert wrote:
> On 2024-09-28 13:49, Gavin Smith wrote:
> > The text of INSTALL still uses "bootstrap" even though not all packages
> > use this file and there is no reason that they should.
> 
> Packages that don't need to bootstrap are fine, as the recommended command
> won't try to run "bootstrap". The problem arises only when a package needs
> bootstrapping and has a bootstrapping script that is not named "bootstrap".
> 
> I installed the attached to the Autoconf documentation to try to lessen the
> confusion.

That looks great, thank you!




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