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Re: Error because README is missing

%% Akim Demaille <akim@epita.fr> writes:

  ad> If you have a bootstrap script, why wouldn't it create a fake
  ad> file, run autoreconf, and them create the right file?

I don't have a bootstrap script for building out of CVS.  I could create
one, I guess.

  ad> Finally, note that you are allowed to ask config.status to perform
  ad> substitutions on files it doesn't know[1].  In your case, I'm unsure
  ad> binding the instantiation to configure instead of make is right.

Ah!!

I think you're right; that's probably the right way to do it.

Thanks, I'll look into this.

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