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Re: Possible typo in doc/Makefile.am
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Matthias Koeppe |
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Re: Possible typo in doc/Makefile.am |
Date: |
25 Jun 2001 14:12:22 +0200 |
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Gnus/5.0808 (Gnus v5.8.8) Emacs/20.6 |
Marius Vollmer <address@hidden> writes:
> Tom Tromey <address@hidden> writes:
> > >>>>> "Neil" == Neil Jerram <address@hidden> writes:
> > Neil> Are there any other names similar to `stamp-vti' and
> > Neil> `stamp-vti1' in the generated Makefile.in? (These file names
> > Neil> aren't documented at all in the manual.)
> >
> > You aren't supposed to use them.
> > What is it that you're trying to do?
>
> The rules have been added to cause "varion.texi" to be generated even
> when guile-core is configured without `--enable-maintainer-mode'. I
> don't remember why that was thought to be a good thing. Maybe because
> people got their daily dose from anonymous CVS, but a freshly checked
> out guile-core wouldn't build when not configured with
> `--enable-maintainer-mode'. It would build with that kluge. Or
> something like that.
>
> If we have problems because of these rules, we should remove them and
> tell people to configure CVS checkouts with
> `--enable-maintainer-mode'.
At least I have problems because of these rules because I am forced to
use CVS automake, rather than stable automake. In any case I think it
is wise not to use undocumented features of specific automake
versions. So I'd suggest you go ahead and remove this kludge.
--
Matthias Köppe -- http://www.math.uni-magdeburg.de/~mkoeppe
New auto tools, Neil Jerram, 2001/06/09
- Re: New auto tools, Rob Browning, 2001/06/09
- Re: New auto tools, Neil Jerram, 2001/06/10
- Re: New auto tools, Dale P. Smith, 2001/06/10
- Re: New auto tools, Rob Browning, 2001/06/10
- Re: New auto tools, Rob Browning, 2001/06/10
Re: Possible typo in doc/Makefile.am, Matthias Koeppe, 2001/06/11