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Re: Built-in target to delete all generated files
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Eric Blake |
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Re: Built-in target to delete all generated files |
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Fri, 30 Apr 2010 08:00:07 -0600 |
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On 04/30/2010 03:53 AM, Steffen Dettmer wrote:
> Hi,
>
> why would someone want to check in derived files like configure
> and Makefile? Because someone might not have autotools? Why not
> also checking in objects and libs in case someone might not have
> a compiler installed?
There's a difference between machine-independent files that belong in
the tarballs (configure, Makefile.in) and machine-dependent files that
must not go in the tarballs (config.status, Makefile, *.o). If you want
to check in generated files to ease the life of others building from VCS
without having to have all the autotools, then only check in the
machine-independent files. But if you use autoconf itself as the
example, autoconf.git does _not_ check in any generated files, even if
they are machine-independent; you have to bootstrap autoconf.git by
pre-installing autoconf from a tarball.
--
Eric Blake address@hidden +1-801-349-2682
Libvirt virtualization library http://libvirt.org
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- Re: Built-in target to delete all generated files, (continued)
- Re: Built-in target to delete all generated files, Russ Allbery, 2010/04/29
- Re: Built-in target to delete all generated files, Bob Friesenhahn, 2010/04/29
- Re: Built-in target to delete all generated files, Russ Allbery, 2010/04/29
- Re: Built-in target to delete all generated files, NightStrike, 2010/04/29
- Re: Built-in target to delete all generated files, Russ Allbery, 2010/04/29
- Re: Built-in target to delete all generated files, NightStrike, 2010/04/29
- Re: Built-in target to delete all generated files, Bob Friesenhahn, 2010/04/30
- Re: Built-in target to delete all generated files, Russ Allbery, 2010/04/30
- Re: Built-in target to delete all generated files, Trevor Harmon, 2010/04/29
- Re: Built-in target to delete all generated files, Steffen Dettmer, 2010/04/30
- Re: Built-in target to delete all generated files,
Eric Blake <=
Re: Built-in target to delete all generated files, Ralf Wildenhues, 2010/04/29