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Amend autoconf/configure stuff.

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Dave Love 2001-02-21 17:55:00 +00:00
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@ -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'.