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Re: Fix building autoconf.1
From: |
Stepan Kasal |
Subject: |
Re: Fix building autoconf.1 |
Date: |
Sat, 29 Jan 2005 13:36:00 +0100 |
User-agent: |
Mutt/1.4.1i |
Hi,
at the end of a thread, I said (On Tue, Dec 14):
> On Fri, Dec 10, 2004 at 04:02:57PM -0800, Paul Eggert wrote:
> > Is this problem important enough to fix?
>
> Sure it is, consider the following scenario:
> - modify bin/autoconf.as
> - cd man; make
>
> The manpage is regenerated, thus newer than its prerequisities, yet
> the contents is obsolete.
> [...] the basic problem is that we are distributing a file which is
> generated from a non-distributed one.
>
> It's the situation described in '(automake.info)distcleancheck'
And I promised to rework the patch according to the hints in this node.
Here it is, at last.
OK to commit?
Have a nice day,
Stepan Kasal
ac_man_makefile.patch
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