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Subject:	RE: Error in configuring setup.
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Date:	Thu, 2 May 2002 22:30:57 +1000
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From:	"Robert Collins" <robert DOT collins AT itdomain DOT com DOT au>
To:	"Earnie Boyd" <Cygwin-Apps AT cygwin DOT com>
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Earnie Boyd [mailto:earnie_boyd AT yahoo DOT com] 
> Sent: Thursday, May 02, 2002 10:27 PM
> To: Robert Collins
> Cc: Earnie Boyd
> Subject: Re: Error in configuring setup.
> 
> 
> Robert Collins wrote:
> > 
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Earnie Boyd [mailto:earnie_boyd AT yahoo DOT com]
> > > Sent: Thursday, May 02, 2002 3:52 AM
> > > To: Jan Nieuwenhuizen
> > > Cc: cygwin-apps AT cygwin DOT com
> > > Subject: Re: Error in configuring setup.
> > >
> > >
> > > Required AUTHORS and NEWS files are missing.
> > 
> > Required by what?
> > 
> 
> It was required by some instance of automake execution.  

Ah. Ok, when you run automake, by default it runs in gnu mode, where it
requires a number of files that the GNU package distribution / coding
standards require - such as AUTHORS/NEWS/COPYING/README etc etc. The
--foreign switch in bootstrap.sh disables that, allowing us to
distribute what we choose.

Rob

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