Re: Add missing bootstrap file

[Bob Friesenhahn]

On Sat, 14 Nov 2009, Peter Johansson wrote:
> >
> From where did you get that rule? It doesn't go very well with the fact that 
> automake by default adds Makefile.am, configure.ac and other .m4 files to the 
> tarball. Those files will never be useful for a pure ./configure; make; make 
> install, but as soon as you wanna fix a bug or just modify the package you'll 
> be happy those files are around.

Yes, and these added files assist with assuring compliance with the 
GPL, which requires that all original source files and scripts that 
the developer needs to build and install the software are included, or 
otherwise formally made available.

Bob
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