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Re: Bootstrapping from cvs
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Jim Meyering |
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Re: Bootstrapping from cvs |
Date: |
Mon, 16 Sep 2002 21:31:59 +0200 |
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> It could be named "autoreconf --touch".
>
> Jim> Sure, it's hard to do these things right, but we (of all people!)
> Jim> should do our best to set a good example.
>
> I don't think there is a right or wrong here.
:-)
Ok. I'll rephrase.
Sometimes it's hard to avoid give the user (post-configure)
access to all build rules, but it is a worthy goal.
I admit that it is a fine point -- and mainly one of aesthetics.
In practice it usually doesn't make a difference.
> I've worked on projects with maintainer-mode and those without.
> Generally speaking I haven't found any significant problems in either
> situation. With the sole exception of autoconf.