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small README patch to remove references to INSTALL


From: Ricardo Fabbri
Subject: small README patch to remove references to INSTALL
Date: Mon, 25 Jul 2011 09:16:32 -0300

Hi Eric,

thank you for your reply. Yes I got it from Git.
I will look into the bootstrap process,
thanks

On Monday, July 25, 2011, Eric Blake <address@hidden> wrote:
> On 07/23/2011 11:13 AM, Ricardo Fabbri wrote:
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> This is a small patch removing references to INSTALL.
>
> Thanks for taking the time to submit this.  However, it will not be applied.
>
>> We should either
>> apply this patch,
>> or else create a suitable INSTALL file.
>
> Autoconf has _already_ shipped a suitable INSTALL file for years.  In fact, the INSTALL file for many autotooled packages comes straight from the one built by autoconf itself.  It is generated from doc/install.texi during bootstrap time, and shipped pre-built as part of all autoconf tarballs.
>
>> If there are no prospects of
>>
>> creating the file anytime soon,
>
> I don't know why you think the file does not exist, unless you have grabbed autoconf.git but have not yet properly bootstrapped it according to the directions in README-hacking.
>
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