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gnustandards standards.texi
From: |
Richard M. Stallman |
Subject: |
gnustandards standards.texi |
Date: |
Mon, 01 Aug 2011 15:22:32 +0000 |
CVSROOT: /sources/gnustandards
Module name: gnustandards
Changes by: Richard M. Stallman <rms> 11/08/01 15:22:32
Modified files:
. : standards.texi
Log message:
Make it clear that non-source files are included in distributions
alongside the source files they are generated from.
CVSWeb URLs:
http://cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/gnustandards/standards.texi?cvsroot=gnustandards&r1=1.205&r2=1.206
Patches:
Index: standards.texi
===================================================================
RCS file: /sources/gnustandards/gnustandards/standards.texi,v
retrieving revision 1.205
retrieving revision 1.206
diff -u -b -r1.205 -r1.206
--- standards.texi 23 Jun 2011 16:14:35 -0000 1.205
+++ standards.texi 1 Aug 2011 15:22:32 -0000 1.206
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
@setfilename standards.info
@settitle GNU Coding Standards
@c This date is automagically updated when you save this file:
address@hidden lastupdate May 10, 2011
address@hidden lastupdate August 1, 2011
@c %**end of header
@dircategory GNU organization
@@ -4024,11 +4024,13 @@
@file{COPYING}. If the GNU LGPL is used, it should be in a file called
@file{COPYING.LESSER}.
-Naturally, all the source files must be in the distribution. It is okay
-to include non-source files in the distribution, provided they are
-up-to-date and machine-independent, so that building the distribution
-normally will never modify them. We commonly include non-source files
-produced by Bison, @code{lex}, @TeX{}, and @code{makeinfo}; this helps avoid
+Naturally, all the source files must be in the distribution. It is
+okay to include non-source files in the distribution along with the
+source files they are generated from, provided they are up-to-date
+with the source they are made from, and machine-independent, so that
+normal building of the distribution will never modify them. We
+commonly include non-source files produced by Autoconf, Automake,
+Bison, @code{lex}, @TeX{}, and @code{makeinfo}; this helps avoid
unnecessary dependencies between our distributions, so that users can
install whichever packages they want to install.
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