Clarify the fact that libtool.m4 has no automatic patch, and the reasons

why there must not be such a patch.
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tv 2006-03-02 18:50:17 +00:00
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$NetBSD: manual.README,v 1.8 2006/01/30 22:19:56 tv Exp $
$NetBSD: manual.README,v 1.9 2006/03/02 18:50:17 tv Exp $
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@ -19,8 +19,10 @@ used to generate libtool's own "configure" scripts.
These patches are not part of the automatic patches because libtool also
installs these .m4 files at runtime, and we want the "off-the-shelf"
versions of those files used instead. So, when it comes time to update
libtool, the following process should be used:
versions of those files used instead -- we do NOT want the modified
libtool.m4 copied into third party packages for reproducability and GPL
reasons. So, when it comes time to update libtool, the following process
must be used:
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