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Re: [GNU Autoconf 2.69] OSX autotools: `aclocal.m4' not being output by


From: Werner LEMBERG
Subject: Re: [GNU Autoconf 2.69] OSX autotools: `aclocal.m4' not being output by `autom4te'
Date: Fri, 27 Jun 2014 11:50:02 +0200 (CEST)

>> Ultimately, it is partisan nonsense that the only file system that
>> can be agreed on is FAT, but that is the reality.
> 
> There really are many, many more elegant solutions than sharing
> files using FAT!  [...]

Note, however, that failure of FAT *is not obvious* for the casual
user!  You have to explicitly know this.  So please add a line or two
to the autoconf documentation that there might be serious issues with
FAT due to coarse time stamps.


   Werner



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