[PATCH]: b9043d9a63 README: add instructions for missing INSTALL file

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commit b9043d9a631fb7b9fc2d2e71e464bf4e43318ae0
Author: Antonio Borneo <bor...@gm...>
Date:   Sat Sep 13 10:15:21 2025 +0200

    README: add instructions for missing INSTALL file
    
    The file INSTALL has been dropped in 2009 with [1] and it has been
    replaced by the INSTALL file generated by automake.
    The file INSTALL is only present in official releases of OpenOCD
    and not in the code cloned from git.
    
    Add a note in README to report this inconsistency.
    
    Change-Id: I881b4282550a80bd5a6c61baff05543714a2e9c5
    Reported-by: Mats <ma...@us...>
    Signed-off-by: Antonio Borneo <bor...@gm...>
    Fixes: https://sourceforge.net/p/openocd/tickets/451/
    Link: [1] commit ef733b48e9f8 ("Switch automake handling to use
            --gnu mode, not --foreign. Remove INSTALL file; automake
            generates a copy of the latest version.")

diff --git a/README b/README
index 875c85de3b..73aa3a6301 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -191,6 +191,11 @@ and compiling the OpenOCD source code. That file is provided by
 default for all GNU autotools packages. If you are not familiar with
 the GNU autotools, then you should read those instructions first.
 
+Note: if the INSTALL file is not present, it means you are using the
+source code from a development branch, not from an OpenOCD release.
+In this case, follow the instructions 'Compiling OpenOCD' below and
+the file will be created by the first command './bootstrap'.
+
 The remainder of this document tries to provide some instructions for
 those looking for a quick-install.
 

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