Re: "Deleted header file" problem: aclocal.m4 deps

[Eric Blake]

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According to Eric Blake on 7/4/2007 9:10 PM:
> According to Ralf Wildenhues on 9/17/2006 12:54 PM:
> 
> [reviving an old post, for a still-relevant problem]
> 
>> The "deleted header file" problem that was solved for object file
>> dependency generation a long time ago also affects aclocal.m4
>> generation.
> 
>>      * lib/am/configure.am (%?REGEN-ACLOCAL-M4%): New target
>>      $(am__aclocal_m4_deps) without any dependencies, to avoid the
>>      "deleted .m4 file" problem.
>>      * tests/acloca22.test: New test.
>>      * tests/Makefile.am: Update.
> 
> I have been using this patch locally on one machine, and have not noticed
> any ill effects.  And on another machine, where I do not have the patch
> applied, I once again ran into the problem with gnulib's recent rename of
> allocsa->malloca, which had no problems on the first machine.  Any chance
> you can revive and include this patch?

Ping?  I'll go ahead and apply this if no counterarguments are given
during the next week.

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Eric Blake             address@hidden
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