bootstrap: Add a rationale for the bootstrap process.

* bootstrap: Explain why we can't simply run 'autoreconf -i'.

1 files changed, 4 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/bootstrap b/bootstrap
index 781627df6..d0766d4c8 100755
--- a/bootstrap
+++ b/bootstrap
@@ -18,6 +18,10 @@
 # You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 # along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 
+# Since Automake uses itself in its build process, we can't simply run
+# 'autoreconf -i' which would require Automake to already be
+# installed.
+
 # Don't ignore failures.
 set -e