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Re: Autom4te cache doesn't record m4_include information
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Akim Demaille |
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Re: Autom4te cache doesn't record m4_include information |
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15 Mar 2002 09:24:21 +0100 |
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>>>>> "Peter" == Peter Eisentraut <address@hidden> writes:
Peter> I have a package that contains a configure.in and several
Peter> config/*.m4. The aclocal.m4 has a bunch of m4_include
Peter> statements that include the *.m4 files.
Peter> Whenever I fiddle around in any of the *.m4 and rerun autoconf,
Peter> nothing happens. That's because autoconf thinks it has the
Peter> result "cached".
Peter> Somehow autom4te should make sure it saves the timestamps(?) of
Peter> all the files that went into creating configure.
This is what it does. Check with --verbose --debug for reasons why it
think it was up to date. You surprise me, I never saw it failing.
Peter> It would also be nice if there was a way to turn off that
Peter> cache, because after all, why would I be rerunning autoconf if
Peter> I hadn't changed anything? It's just taking up half a meg of
Peter> disk space.
You miss the point: traces mainly.