Re: [bug-gv] gv-i18n.h both shipped and cleaned

[Markus Steinborn]

Bernhard R. Link wrote:
> Well, the user will need perl once they call clean, as it then has to
> be regenerated.
>    
That's indeed a problem...
> If it's something someone working from the .tar.gz with minimal build
> dependencies should not need to rebuilt (assuming no files are changed),
> then it is rather a task for maintainer-clean (i.e.  MAINTAINERCLEANFILES).
>    
And that looks like a good solution!
> > Adding it to CLEANFILES is questionable: The idea is to have a
> > convenient way to force recreation of that file if
> > adding/removing/updating translations. May I ask for alternative ideas?
> >      
> Well, the dependencies of that file already force recreation if anything
> in the nls directory changes (which is already quite a almost too easy
> triggering condition).
>    
Well, the nls directory is intended only for translations. In regular 
use, if you change any translation, then gv_i18n.h has to be recreated, 
no doubt. Modifying source files (resp. directories) always increased 
requirents, e. g. changing configure.ac makes tutoconf/automake being 
required. Perhaps you can create more strict dependencies, but the 
positive effect is quite limited.


Greetings

Markus