Simplify re and document 'autoconf.sh all'

* GNUmakefile (ALL_IF_GIT): Remove; no longer needed, now that
./autogen.sh defaults to "all".  All uses removed.
* README: Mention autoconf.sh's effect on Git configuration.

diff --git a/GNUmakefile b/GNUmakefile
index 98d31f4afcb18b56651789845fe791ef0a36a6e5..304a7b34f38fa1b470aa6aef3c7dc93c6c41c2a3 100644 (file)
--- a/GNUmakefile
+++ b/GNUmakefile
@@ -62,13 +62,10 @@ default $(ORDINARY_GOALS): Makefile
 # Execute in sequence, so that multiple user goals don't conflict.
 .NOTPARALLEL:
 
-# 'all' if a .git subdirectory is present, empty otherwise.
-ALL_IF_GIT = $(subst .git,all,$(wildcard .git))
-
 configure:
        @echo >&2 'There seems to be no "configure" file in this directory.'
-       @echo >&2 Running ./autogen.sh $(ALL_IF_GIT) ...
-       ./autogen.sh $(ALL_IF_GIT)
+       @echo >&2 Running ./autogen.sh ...
+       ./autogen.sh
        @echo >&2 '"configure" file built.'
 
 Makefile: configure

diff --git a/README b/README
index 494ee08c2b74a62a9756c5d93198bc7befb6eea8..527e406a639d9cfc3fe3933d04c04740880fd6ee 100644 (file)
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -45,7 +45,8 @@ The file 'configure.ac' is the input used by the autoconf program to
 construct the 'configure' script.
 
 The shell script 'autogen.sh' generates 'configure' and other files by
-running Autoconf, which in turn uses GNU m4.  If you want to use it,
+running Autoconf (which in turn uses GNU m4), and configures files in
+the .git subdirectory if you are using Git.  If you want to use it,
 you will need to install recent versions of these build tools.  This
 should be needed only if you edit files like 'configure.ac' that
 specify Emacs's autobuild procedure.