RE: Running current dev automake on current dev autoconf breaks

[Tim Van Holder]

> | address@hidden autoconf]$ cvs up -AC
> | cvs server: Updating .
> | cvs server: Updating doc
> | cvs server: Updating m4
> | cvs server: Updating man
> | cvs server: Updating tests
> | cvs server: Updating testsuite
> | cvs server: Updating testsuite/autoconf.g
> | cvs server: Updating testsuite/autoconf.s
> | cvs server: Updating testsuite/autoconf.torture
> | cvs server: Updating testsuite/config
> | cvs server: Updating testsuite/lib
> Why the heck do you see those files???  They've been erased long ago.
Ah, but CVS NEVER EVER deletes directories (though they will be empty
on checkout). So _everyone_ doing a checjout of the autoconf tree will
get the (empty) testsuite tree.
Most likely Derek has 'cvs update's -d switch enabled in his .cvsrc.