Minor housekeeping for Gnits compliance.

* README-alpha: New file.
* README-hacking: New file.
* bootstrap: Update.

1 files changed, 26 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/bootstrap b/bootstrap
index edef987..63ef2a0 100755
--- a/bootstrap
+++ b/bootstrap
@@ -1,2 +1,28 @@
 #! /bin/sh
+force=0
+
+if test $# -eq 0; then
+  :;
+elif test $# -eq 1; then
+  case $1 in
+  --force) force=1;;
+  --help|-h)
+     cat <<EOT
+usage: bootstrap [--force]
+bootstraps GDBM package
+EOT
+     ;;
+  *) echo >&2 "$0: unrecognized option"
+     exit 1;;
+  esac
+else
+  echo >&2 "$0: too many arguments"
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+if ! test -f README-hacking && test $force -eq 0; then
+  echo >&2 "$0: bootstrapping from a non-checked-out distribution is risky"
+  exit 1
+fi
+
 test -d m4 || mkdir m4