Remove some files that autoreconf can supply.

[bpt/emacs.git] / admin / make-tarball.txt

diff --git a/admin/make-tarball.txt b/admin/make-tarball.txt
index 6ff7a81..9a55652 100644 (file)
--- a/admin/make-tarball.txt
+++ b/admin/make-tarball.txt
@@ -28,11 +28,14 @@ For each step, check for possible errors.
     refer to a newer release of Emacs.  (This is probably needed only
     when preparing a major Emacs release, or branching for it.)
 
-5.   rm configure src/config.in; autoconf; autoheader
+5.  Edit configure.in so that maintainer-mode is off by default.
+    (FIXME - need to find a better way of dealing with this).
+
+     autoreconf -i -I m4 --force
      make bootstrap
 
-6.  Commit configure, src/config.in, etc/AUTHORS, all the files changed
-    by M-x set-version, and lisp/cus-edit.el (if modified).
+6.  Commit etc/AUTHORS, all the files changed by M-x set-version, and
+    lisp/cus-edit.el (if modified).
     Copy lisp/loaddefs.el to lisp/ldefs-boot.el and commit lisp/ldefs-boot.el.
     For a release, also commit the ChangeLog files in all directories.
 
@@ -107,4 +110,3 @@ For each step, check for possible errors.
 13. For a pretest, announce it on emacs-devel and BCC the pretesters.
     For a release, announce it on info-gnu@gnu.org,
     info-gnu-emacs@gnu.org, and emacs-devel.
-