Date: Sat, 26 May 2001 22:08:59 +0300
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> From: "Tim Van Holder" <tim DOT van DOT holder AT pandora DOT be>
> Date: Sat, 26 May 2001 19:25:04 +0200
> 
> * autoconf (sources):
>   Updated the readme file to mention the fact that your
>   SHELL environment variable needs to be set to the full
>   path to bash (i.e. /dev/env/DJDIR/bin/bash.exe, not
>   /bin/bash).

Wouldn't it be better if Autoconf would push the appropriate value of
SHELL into the environment automatically?  You can tell users they
need to install Bash, but why force them to modify the environment?

>   Removed the .info files to decrease the package size
>   somewhat.

I don't think this is a good idea: now people who want to rebuild the
package will need Texinfo to be installed.