summaryrefslogtreecommitdiffstats
path: root/Doc/using/configure.rst
diff options
context:
space:
mode:
Diffstat (limited to 'Doc/using/configure.rst')
-rw-r--r--Doc/using/configure.rst17
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/Doc/using/configure.rst b/Doc/using/configure.rst
index 69f691d..b51546e 100644
--- a/Doc/using/configure.rst
+++ b/Doc/using/configure.rst
@@ -74,14 +74,21 @@ files. Commands to regenerate all generated files::
The ``Makefile.pre.in`` file documents generated files, their inputs, and tools used
to regenerate them. Search for ``regen-*`` make targets.
-The ``make regen-configure`` command runs `tiran/cpython_autoconf
-<https://github.com/tiran/cpython_autoconf>`_ container for reproducible build;
-see container ``entry.sh`` script. The container is optional, the following
-command can be run locally, the generated files depend on autoconf and aclocal
-versions::
+configure script
+----------------
+
+The ``make regen-configure`` command regenerates the ``aclocal.m4`` file and
+the ``configure`` script using the ``Tools/build/regen-configure.sh`` shell
+script which uses an Ubuntu container to get the same tools versions and have a
+reproducible output.
+
+The container is optional, the following command can be run locally::
autoreconf -ivf -Werror
+The generated files can change depending on the exact ``autoconf-archive``,
+``aclocal`` and ``pkg-config`` versions.
+
.. _configure-options: