From: Tom Yu Date: Thu, 17 May 2012 18:18:27 +0000 (-0400) Subject: Remove mention of util/autoconf X-Git-Url: http://git.tremily.us/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=a2d47235d4b3ce1a51767ffb6bcabb0460a9387d;p=krb5.git Remove mention of util/autoconf We no longer use our own customized version of autoconf, so remove mentions of the src/util/autoconf directory where that used to be. Reported by W. Trevor King. ticket: 7139 (new) --- diff --git a/doc/rst_source/krb_build/doing_build.rst b/doc/rst_source/krb_build/doing_build.rst index cadbb506b..d16b73ddb 100644 --- a/doc/rst_source/krb_build/doing_build.rst +++ b/doc/rst_source/krb_build/doing_build.rst @@ -6,26 +6,20 @@ Using autoconf (If you are not a developer, you can skip this section.) -In most of the Kerberos V5 source directories, there is a configure -script which automatically determines the compilation environment and -creates the proper Makefiles for a particular platform. These -configure files are generated using autoconf, which can be found in -the ``src/util/autoconf`` directory in the distribution. +In the Kerberos V5 source directory, there is a configure script which +automatically determines the compilation environment and creates the +proper Makefiles for a particular platform. This configure script is +generated using autoconf, which you should already have installed. Normal users will not need to worry about running autoconf; the -distribution comes with the configure files already prebuilt. - -Note that in order to run autoconf, you must have GNU m4 in your path. -Before you use the autoconf in the Kerberos V5 source tree, you may -also need to run configure, and then run make in the -``src/util/autoconf`` directory in order to properly set up autoconf. +distribution comes with the configure script already prebuilt. One tool which is provided for the convenience of developers can be found in ``src/util/reconf``. This program should be run while the current directory is the top source directory. It will automatically -rebuild any configure files which need rebuilding. If you know that -you have made a change that will require that all the configure files -need to be rebuilt from scratch, specify the **--force** option:: +rebuild the configure script if it needs rebuilding. If you know that +you have made a change that will require that the configure file be +rebuilt from scratch, specify the **--force** option:: cd /u1/krb5-1.9/src ./util/reconf --force