On Sat, Feb 6, 2021, at 11:23 AM, Jim Meyering wrote: > On Fri, Feb 5, 2021 at 7:42 AM Zack Weinberg <za...@panix.com> wrote: > > The procedure for building Autoconf from a git checkout is a little > > awkward, involving building it once, then using the just-built > > autoconf to regenerate the configure script in the source directory, > > then throwing away the entire first build and doing it over again, and > > only then is the test suite reliable. > > > > This patch set automates and optimizes the process with a new > > top-level, git-only script called ‘bootstrap’. The idea is copied > > from Automake: you run this script instead of ‘autoreconf -i’.
I finally got some time to land this patch set. Note that the arguments to AC_INIT are now written in a special stylized form so the bootstrap script can find them reliably. zw
