[screen-devel] [bug #43409] Reduntant files in source archive

[Jan Noha]

URL:
  <http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?43409>

                 Summary: Reduntant files in source archive
                 Project: GNU Screen
            Submitted by: nohajan
            Submitted on: Mon 13 Oct 2014 12:00:49 PM GMT
                Category: Build/Install
                Severity: 3 - Normal
                Priority: 5 - Normal
                  Status: None
                 Privacy: Public
             Assigned to: None
             Open/Closed: Open
         Discussion Lock: Any
                 Release: 4.2.1
           Fixed Release: None
         Planned Release: None
           Work Required: None

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Details:

I had a problem building new version of screen on Solaris.
I've tracked it down to wrong "config.h" file which is already present in the
source archive downloaded from here:
ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/screen/screen-4.2.1.tar.gz

For some reason I need to delete it first before it gets regenerated by
configure script. Then the package builds as expected.

This is OK as a workaround. However, I believe the file should not be there in
the first place. If I look to the 4.0.3 archive, for example, there is only
config.h.in. 

For your information, in the latest archive there is also Makefile with
version number 4.2.0. Again, a little messy.

We are using original packages in an automated build environment so when there
is some file which is not supposed to be there, it can lead to unnecessary
errors.

Yes, it is a minor issue but would you consider fixing it, please?

Thanks,
Jan




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