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authorColin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>2023-03-29 21:29:10 +0100
committerColin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>2023-03-29 21:29:10 +0100
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parentf106ef50f607b1fbb232b291363872ac3894ee3a (diff)
README.md: Explain where INSTALL.autoconf comes from
Fixes https://gitlab.com/man-db/man-db/-/issues/16. * README.md: Explain that you may need to run `./bootstrap` to create `docs/INSTALL.autoconf`.
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@@ -9,7 +9,8 @@ distribution. It contains configuration details and other aspects of this
manual pager suite that are not duplicated or relevant in this README.
Check manual/README for details of the formatters required.
- * Read docs/INSTALL.autoconf for generic options to configure.
+ * Read docs/INSTALL.autoconf for generic options to configure. (If you
+ cloned man-db from git, then run `./bootstrap` to create this file.)
* Read docs/INSTALL.quick if you know all about man-db.
* Read NEWS.md for visible changes since the last public release.
* Read ChangeLog for details of recent source code changes.