Re: Remove the autoreconf-provided INSTALL, so that we regenerate it.

[Benoit Sigoure]

On Nov 12, 2007, at 4:12 PM, Eric Blake wrote:

> Jim Meyering <jim <at> meyering.net> writes:
>
> > > > * Jim Meyering wrote on Sat, Nov 10, 2007 at 10:28:42PM CET:
> > > > > I was surprised to see diffs after running make with one of
> > > > > the clean targets.  These were the culprits:
> > > > >
> > > > >         Remove generated files from version control.
> > > > >         * INSTALL: Remove generated file.
> > > > >         * lib/autoscan/autoscan.list: Remove generated file.
>
> I'm seeing another culprit: build-aux/texinfo.tex.

Yup, I noticed it this weekend too.

> > > I'll ensure that INSTALL is regenerated, one way or another,
> > > at least for distribution.
>
> We need to figure out how to automatically get the latest  
> texinfo.tex from
> either gnulib or texinfo, rather than tracking it in git or relying  
> on an out-
> of-date version from automake.

That only matters when doing a release, right?  So you could just  
remove it form the SCM and add it to .gitignore and ensure that  
GNUMakefile or whatever it is that you guys use to make a release can  
fetch the latest version of that file, right?

--
Benoit Sigoure aka Tsuna
EPITA Research and Development Laboratory

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