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diff --git a/doc/manual/primer/autotools.txt b/doc/manual/primer/autotools.txt index 28a4b5f..9d9aada 100644 --- a/doc/manual/primer/autotools.txt +++ b/doc/manual/primer/autotools.txt @@ -53,26 +53,6 @@ The @c autoconf program generates the @c configure script from included in the project distribution packages and run by users to configure the build process for their system. -@subsection primermaintainermode Maintainer Mode - -After a fresh checkout, @c bootstrap, and a simple @c configure, you may -experience errors when running @c make that some files cannot be found -(e.g. @c version.texi), and a second @c make will "mysteriously" solve -the problems. The isssue is well-known and expected, if unfortunate. - -The OpenOCD project requires that all developers building from the -git repository use the @c --enable-maintainer-mode option when -running the @c configure script. This option ensures that certain files -are created during the build process that would normally be packaged in -the distribution tarball. The @c bootstrap script will remind you of -this requirement when it runs. - -In addition to solving these problems, this option enables Makefile -rules (provided by automake) that allow the normal @c make process to -rebuild the autotools outputs, included the automake-generated Makefiles -themselves. This avoids the heavy-handed approach of running the -@c bootstrap script after changing one of these files. - @section primerautomake Automake Makefiles The @c automake program generates @c Makefile.in files (from @c |