Re: fail to boostrap with CVS autoconf/automake

[Eric Blake]

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According to Ralf Wildenhues on 12/7/2005 2:30 AM:
>>>In fact, while running the bootstrap script, there are complaints 
>>>about this "missing" file for every directory.
> 
> Am I correct that both of you do in-tree (non-VPATH) builds?

Yes, I was doing an in-tree build, with GNU make 3.80.

> Please try the patch below.
>         * bootstrap: always remove Makefile, to avoid triggering the
>         autotools rebuild rules before autoreconf builds these.
>         Reported by Bob Friesenhahn <address@hidden>.
> 

That got it!  Please commit.  The only improvement I could offer is that
if there is a config.status lying around because ./bootstrap was run in a
preconfigured tree, then bootstrap could try running "./config.status
- --recheck; ./config.status" to restore Makefile after so forcefully
removing it.

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Life is short - so eat dessert first!

Eric Blake             address@hidden
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