Re: config.status --recheck

[Ralf Wildenhues]

Hi Peter,

* Peter Johansson wrote on Thu, Oct 23, 2008 at 04:57:35PM CEST:
> Ralf Wildenhues wrote:
>> * Eric Blake wrote on Thu, Oct 23, 2008 at 05:09:19AM CEST:
>>   
>>> I also recall that Ralf Wildenhues checked in a fix that lets newer
>>> automake insert additional .PHONY designations to .m4 files, so that make
>>> coupled with autoreconf can proceed after a renamed .m4 file (but I'm not
>>> sure if it was automake 1.10.1, or the as-yet-unreleased 1.11).
>>
>> as-yet-unreleased 1.11.
>>   
> I guess it would be possible to add those .PHONY designations in  
> Makefile.am to avoid the issue. Is that correct? I've tried
> .PHONY: $(am__aclocal_m4_deps)
> but would appreciate any feedback on whether that is sound or not.

It is sound, but not the same as what git Automake does: It simply adds
a line
  $(am__aclocal_m4_deps):

to the makefile.  As a workaround you should be able to do that, too.

Cheers,
Ralf