Re: generated files in CVS?

[Michael Koch]

Am Montag, 29. März 2004 14:44 schrieb C. Brian Jones:
> On Mon, 2004-03-29 at 01:35, Michael Koch wrote:
> > Am Sonntag, 28. März 2004 21:29 schrieb Etienne Gagnon:
> > > Mark Wielaard wrote:
> > > > Unless running with --force the auto* tools shouldn't override
> > > > these files so normally you won't see any diffs when following
> > > > the HACKING instructions. But there is no particular reason. So
> > > > please remove them. Make sure to update the HACKING file and
> > > > send a message to the list how to regenerate these when you do.
> > >
> > > I have added a ./autogen.sh script that calls the auto* tools
> > > with the appropriate arguments, and updated the HACKING files
> > > accordingly.
> > >
> > > So, those of you that "cvs up", simply type:
> > >    ./autogen.sh
> > > after updating.
> >
> > I really wonder if this primitive script really works on some
> > non-linux platforms. I will commit an improved version later.
>
> Why not just use autoreconf which is usually installed with the
> autotools.

Yeah, I totally forgot about this. In the HACKING file I read this:

The autoreconf script does not always run these as might be expected.

Does this still apply ? I think it would be best to just use 
"autoreconf" and give good instructions for uncommon cases in HACKING.


Michael