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Re: _.h -> .h and CVS


From: Bruno Haible
Subject: Re: _.h -> .h and CVS
Date: Thu, 22 Feb 2007 02:59:11 +0100
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Hello Karl,

> Forgive me, but I wanted to check to be sure: is it the case that for
> every foo_.h file in Gnulib, the corresponding foo.h file is generated
> at configure time?

Rather, it is generated at "make" time with information that has been
determined at configure time. It is also removed by "make clean".

> And therefore, for those of us who check in gnulib-tool generated files
> to CVS, the foo.h's should *not* be checked in, and should be added to
> .cvsignore?

Correct. These .h files are platform-dependent built files. To be treated
like .o files.

> If this is correct, I'll try to add a bit to the manual about it, if
> that's cool.

Cool!

Bruno





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