Bootstrap: updated HACKING entry.

* HACKING ("Working with git"): Tell how to override the autoconf
and autom4te used by the bootstrap process.

diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index c3c348f..4ce7c63 100644 (file)
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 2010-08-08  Stefano Lattarini  <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
 
+       Bootstrap: updated HACKING entry.
+       * HACKING ("Working with git"): Explain how to override the
+       autoconf and autom4te programs used by the bootstrap process.
+
        Bootstrap: fixlet.
        * bootstrap: Do not remove `lib/Automake/Config.pm' anymore,
        since we don't generate it.  Correctly quote arguments of

diff --git a/HACKING b/HACKING
index 2e404f5..8480f7c 100644 (file)
--- a/HACKING
+++ b/HACKING
@@ -96,7 +96,12 @@
   tree, so the resulting files (aclocal.m4 and Makefile.in) should
   be the same as you would get if you install this version of
   automake and use it to generate those files.  Be sure to have the
-  latest stable version of Autoconf installed.
+  latest stable version of Autoconf installed.  If such version is
+  not installed as "autoconf", pass it explicitly (along with the
+  accompanying "autom4te") when calling `bootstrap' and `configure'.
+  For example:
+    $ AUTOCONF=autoconf2.65 AUTOM4TE=autom4te2.65 ./bootstrap
+    $ ./configure AUTOCONF=autoconf2.65 AUTOM4TE=autom4te2.65
 
 * Dependent files aclocal.m4, configure and Makefile.in in all
   directories should be up to date in the git repository, so that