[bug-gawk] Question about git build system

[Assaf Gordon]

Hello,

I noticed many autotools-generated files are committed in the git repository of 
gawk, is that on purpose, due to some technical complication ?

Seems like the following files could be removed from git:
 aclocal.m4
 autom4te.cache
 configure
 config.{status,guess,config,sub}
 version.c
 configh.in
 config.h
 extension/aclocal.m4
 extension/autom4te.cache
 extension/configure 
 extension/config.{status,log}
 extension/build-aux/config.{guess,sub}
 extension/configh.in
 extension/config.h
 po/Makefile.in
 test/Makefile.in
 doc/Makefile.in
 awklib/Makefile.in
 Makefile.in
 extension/Makefile.in

And then changing "bootstrap" like this:
===
diff --git a/bootstrap.sh b/bootstrap.sh
index 535ae8f..f8b1f4b 100755
--- a/bootstrap.sh
+++ b/bootstrap.sh
@@ -22,17 +22,21 @@
 # along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
 # Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301, 
USA
 
-touch aclocal.m4
 find awklib -type f -print | xargs touch
-sleep 1
-touch configure
-touch extension/configure
-sleep 2
-touch configh.in
-touch extension/configh.in
-sleep 1
+
+aclocal -I m4
+autoconf
+autoheader
+automake -a
+
+cd extension
+aclocal -I m4
+autoconf
+autoheader
+automake -a
+cd ..
+
 touch test/Maketests
-find . -name Makefile.in -print | xargs touch
 touch doc/*.info
 touch po/*.gmo
 touch po/stamp-po
===

Could re-generate those files ?

This would only affect building from git, not from a tarball release.

Compared with other autotools-based projects, it's a bit unexpected that 
running "./bootstrap.sh" does not regenerate "configure" .

Thanks,
 -gordon