Re: Witness computation - minor breakage in the build system

[Paul Eggert]

Eric S. Raymond wrote:
> I think the fixed Makefile code would
> remain unpleasantly fragile, and the witness-path computation is
> best moved to the configure stage.

I've never understood the need for having the
last-repository-change date affect the build, and
would favor removing all the vcswitness stuff.

> Is any particular person responsible for the build system?

No, though Glenn and I probably fiddle with it the most.