9b1d1612efa7f321c5d3c500ce799c804c977135
markd
  Tue May 12 14:23:51 2026 -0700
Add to .gitignore
update LICENSE to remove htslib
just note old htslib directory, not require removal

diff --git src/submoduleSetup src/submoduleSetup
index df0e765d34f..ee2fe9670f0 100755
--- src/submoduleSetup
+++ src/submoduleSetup
@@ -1,22 +1,19 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 set -beEu -o pipefail
 
 # Do required submodule setup to support building the browser
 # If need, do the submodule init, also check from having remains of
 # old htslib copy to deal with switch from old version.
 
 if [ -e htslib ] ; then
     echo "*********************************************************************" >&2
-    echo "Error: an outdated copy of kent/src/htslib exists in the working tree" >&2
-    echo "       - remove this directory" >&2
-    echo "       - do a make clean -k" >&2
-    echo "       - redo your make" >&2
+    echo "Note: an outdated kent/src/htslib/ exists in the working tree." >&2
+    echo "      It is no longer used and can be removed."   >&2
     echo "*********************************************************************" >&2
-    exit 1
 fi
 
 if [ !  -e submodules/htslib/.git -o ! -e submodules/htslib/htscodecs/.git ] ; then
     echo "Note: initializing git submodules" >&2
     (set -x; git -c protocol.file.allow=always submodule update --init --recursive)
 fi