Re: remove generated files

[Ralf Wildenhues]

* Jim Meyering wrote on Sat, Oct 27, 2007 at 09:05:53PM CEST:
> Ralf Wildenhues <address@hidden> wrote:
[...]
> >> +For example, you have to use the latest stable versions of the maintainer
> >> +tools we depend upon, including:
> >> +
> >> +- Autoconf <http://www.gnu.org/software/autoconf/>
> >> +- Automake <http://www.gnu.org/software/automake/>
> >> +- Gzip <http://www.gnu.org/software/gzip/>
> >> +- Perl <http://www.cpan.org/>
> >> +- Rsync <http://samba.anu.edu.au/rsync/>
> >> +- Tar <http://www.gnu.org/software/tar/>
> >
> > Sorry if I'm too dense to see it right now, but why are gzip, rsync, and
> > tar needed to build off a git Autoconf tree?  Merely as dependencies of
> > git?  In that case, aren't there other transports as well?

> They're not needed to build autoconf itself, but rather
> to support some of the other things you might want to do.
> tar and gzip are required to build a tarball ("make dist").
> When possible, I run "make distcheck" even for packages that
> I don't maintain.  Then they're required.

Ah, ok, thanks.  Either formulation you use is fine with me, but I'd
like something like "you have to use... Autoconf, Automake, Perl,
and you should also have Gzip, Tar, Rsync...".  Up to you what you make
from this, I won't complain any further.  ;-)

Cheers, and thanks,
Ralf