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authorPaolo Bonzini <bonzini@gnu.org>2009-11-20 22:44:17 +0100
committerPaolo Bonzini <bonzini@gnu.org>2009-11-20 22:52:22 +0100
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free `bootstrap' name for bootstrap script
* bootstrap/*: Remove. * configure.ac: Do not create bootstrap/Makefile. * Makefile.am: Do not recurse into bootstrap, distribute new files. * Makefile.boot: Move from bootstrap/Makefile.try. * README-boot: Move from bootstrap/README.
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+ Copyright (C) 1992, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004,
+ 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+
+ Copying and distribution of this file, with or without modification,
+ are permitted in any medium without royalty provided the copyright
+ notice and this notice are preserved.
+
+If your system is lacking the necessary tools to build the configuration,
+Makefile.boot is provided for bootstraping. Invoke it with the following
+command:
+
+ (cd src && make -f ../Makefile.boot)
+
+Indications on how to tweak Makefile.boot for different systems are
+provided in the file itself.
+
+Good luck!