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[Eric Hanchrow]

>>>>> "Dave" == Dave Peticolas <dave@krondo.com> writes:

    Dave> I have removed the automake and autoconf generated files from CVS.
    Dave> This means 'configure' and the 'Makefile.in' files. To generate these
    Dave> files, you should use the provided 'autogen.sh' script which accepts
    Dave> the same arguments as configure.

I suggest we modify the README to say so, like this:

Index: README
===================================================================
RCS file: /home/cvs/cvsroot/gnucash/README,v
retrieving revision 1.147
diff -w -u -p -w -u -r1.147 README
--- README	2000/09/05 21:33:22	1.147
+++ README	2000/09/14 16:04:13
@@ -274,8 +274,9 @@ Building & Installing
 (For additional build system details, see doc/README.build-system.)
 
 GnuCash uses GNU Automake to handle the build process, so for most of
-the details, see the generic instructions in INSTALL.  Below we detail
-the GnuCash specific bits.
+the details, see the generic instructions in INSTALL.  (Note that, in
+order to get a working ./configure, you should run
+./macros/autogen.sh.)  Below we detail the GnuCash specific bits.
 
 Prior to building GnuCash, you will have to obtain and install the
 following packages:


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