-# Use autoconf, autoheader, yodl, etc. to ready the generated files in the
-# release. This is typically used after applying a diff from the "patches"
-# directory in a CVS-checked-out version.
-#
-# NOTE: if you use a diff from the "patches" directory of a *release tar*
-# (as opposed to from CVS), this is not needed (but doesn't hurt anything).
+# Use autoconf and autoheader to create configure.sh and config.h.in.
+# If unsuccessful and the "fetch" option was provided, grab the latest
+# development versions of these files (only useful with a dev checkout).