Re: serial in branch-1-5 [[and branch-2-0]]

[Gary V. Vaughan]

Salut Alexandre; Hallo Ralf!

Ralf Wildenhues wrote:
> * Alexandre Duret-Lutz wrote on Tue, Feb 01, 2005 at 03:52:12PM CET:
> 
>>| 
>>|    One reason why you should keep `--install' in the flags even after
>>| the first run is that when you later edit `configure.ac' and depend on
>>| a new macro, this macro will be installed in your `m4/' automatically.
>>| Another one is that serial numbers can be used to update the macros in
>>| your source tree automatically when new system-wide versions are
>>| installed.  A serial number should be a single line of the form
>>| 
>>|      #serial NNN
>>| 
>>| where NNN contains only digits and dots.  It should appear in the M4
>>| file before any macro definition.  It is a good practice to maintain a
>>| serial number for each macro you distribute, even if you do not use the
>>| `--install' option of `aclocal': this allows other people to use it.
> 
> 
> Is there a technical reason to break current nonstandard practice for
> packages?  Why not
>    #serial NNNN [garbage-ignored-by-aclocal]
> ?

Wait.  I'm confused.

Have the libtool serial numbers always caused breakage with aclocal?  I'm
hoping this is just CVS automake, right?  If so, I agree with Ralf that
breaking compatibility with all released libtools in CVS automake is a
bad thing.  Please don't!

If the breakage is already there, which combination(s) of libtool and
automake trigger it?  And how can I reproduce it?

Cheers,
        Gary.
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