make in-place has bitrotted, so don't advertise or support it

diff --git a/distrib/Makefile b/distrib/Makefile
index f058996..ee1b962 100644 (file)
--- a/distrib/Makefile
+++ b/distrib/Makefile
@@ -3,14 +3,15 @@ include Makefile-vars
 
 .PHONY: in-place mk-version-symlinks install
 
-in-place ::
-       @if test -x "./post-inplace-script" ; then \
-               echo "Running project-specific post-inplace script ..." ; \
-               ./post-inplace-script $(platform) `pwd` \
-                       $(package)-$(version); \
-               echo "Done" ; \
-       fi
-       @echo "Finished configuring..to use, add `pwd`/bin/$(platform) to your PATH."
+# This has bitrotted:
+#in-place ::
+#      @if test -x "./post-inplace-script" ; then \
+#              echo "Running project-specific post-inplace script ..." ; \
+#              ./post-inplace-script $(platform) `pwd` \
+#                      $(package)-$(version); \
+#              echo "Done" ; \
+#      fi
+#      @echo "Finished configuring..to use, add `pwd`/bin/$(platform) to your PATH."
 
 install ::
        $(INSTALL_DIR) $(bindir)

diff --git a/distrib/configure-bin.ac b/distrib/configure-bin.ac
index 8d9ea90..ba08033 100644 (file)
--- a/distrib/configure-bin.ac
+++ b/distrib/configure-bin.ac
@@ -157,7 +157,6 @@ AC_CONFIG_FILES(Makefile-vars extra-gcc-opts)
 AC_OUTPUT
 
 echo "****************************************************"
-echo "Configuration done, ready to either 'make install'"
-echo "or 'make in-place'."
+echo "Configuration done, ready to 'make install'"
 echo "(see README and INSTALL files for more info.)"
 echo "****************************************************"