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@@ -22,8 +22,9 @@ Release Reminders
* To construct a source distribution from a pristine checkout,
make_dist does the following:
- autoconf
+ aclocal -I m4
autoheader
+ autoconf
./configure --enable-doc-maintenance
make build_manual
make distclean
@@ -51,20 +52,19 @@ distribution.
A small handful of additional files have been taken from autotools
programs. These should probably be updated from time to time.
- * config.guess, config.sub, ltmain.sh: these were created by running
- libtoolize -c. To update, run libtoolize -f -c or remove the files
- and rerun libtoolize.
+ * config.guess, config.sub, ltmain.sh, and the m4 directory: these
+ were created by running libtoolize -c. To update, run libtoolize
+ -f -c or remove the files and rerun libtoolize.
* Other files copied as indicated:
- cp /usr/share/aclocal/libtool.m4 aclocal.m4
- cp /usr/share/automake-1.10/install-sh .
- cp /usr/share/automake-1.10/mkinstalldirs .
+ cp /usr/share/automake-1.11/install-sh .
+ cp /usr/share/automake-1.11/mkinstalldirs .
-The entire contents of aclocal.m4 came from libtool.m4. If we had
-some additional local parts, we could manually combine them or we
-could run aclocal. For now, the simple copy statement above is
-sufficient.
+The entire contents of the m4 directory came from libtool.m4. If we
+had some additional local parts, we could also add those to the m4
+directory. In order for this to work, it is necessary to run "aclocal
+-I m4" before running autoheader and autoconf.
If building or editing documentation, configure with
--enable-doc-maintenance. This will ensure that all tools or files