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authorDaniel Colascione2012-09-17 04:07:36 -0800
committerDaniel Colascione2012-09-17 04:07:36 -0800
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@@ -41,9 +41,14 @@ The file `configure.ac' is the input used by the autoconf program to
41construct the `configure' script. Since Emacs has some configuration 41construct the `configure' script. Since Emacs has some configuration
42requirements that autoconf can't meet directly, and for historical 42requirements that autoconf can't meet directly, and for historical
43reasons, `configure.ac' uses an unholy marriage of custom-baked 43reasons, `configure.ac' uses an unholy marriage of custom-baked
44configuration code and autoconf macros. If you want to rebuild 44configuration code and autoconf macros.
45`configure' from `configure.ac', you will need to install a recent 45
46version of autoconf and GNU m4. 46The shell script `autogen.sh' generates 'configure' and other files by
47running the GNU build tools autoconf and automake, which in turn use
48GNU m4 and Perl. If you want to use it, you will need to install
49recent versions of these build tools. This should be needed only if
50you edit files like `configure.ac' that specify Emacs's autobuild
51procedure.
47 52
48The file `Makefile.in' is a template used by `configure' to create 53The file `Makefile.in' is a template used by `configure' to create
49`Makefile'. 54`Makefile'.