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Re: [Groff] autoconf and autoreconf
From: |
Werner LEMBERG |
Subject: |
Re: [Groff] autoconf and autoreconf |
Date: |
Sat, 13 Apr 2013 15:52:22 +0200 (CEST) |
> I ran `autoconf'. There was a subdirectory `autom4te.cache/'
> created. First I just deleted it.
This is correct.
> Then I learned that `autoreconf' is the better `autoconf' because it
> automatically calls all necessary `autotools'. But `autoreconf' also
> creates the subdirectory `autom4te.cache/'. I learned that this
> subdirectory is used by the tool `autom4te', which is used internally
> by many `autotols'.
>
> So I think I should add this to the groff CVS.
Certainly not!
> Any comments?
This directory and its contents is *always* intermediate! It just
speeds up the execution of the autoconf tools. Actually, the
`configure' script itself shouldn't be stored in the repository but
generated during a `make tarball' call...
Please remove it again.
Werner
- [Groff] autoconf and autoreconf, Bernd Warken, 2013/04/13
- Re: [Groff] autoconf and autoreconf,
Werner LEMBERG <=
- Re: [Groff] autoconf and autoreconf, Keith Marshall, 2013/04/13
- Re: [Groff] autoconf and autoreconf, Daode, 2013/04/13
- Re: [Groff] autoconf and autoreconf, Keith Marshall, 2013/04/13
- Re: [Groff] autoconf and autoreconf, Werner LEMBERG, 2013/04/13
- Re: [Groff] autoconf and autoreconf, Ralph Corderoy, 2013/04/14
- Re: [Groff] autoconf and autoreconf, Bernd Warken, 2013/04/14
- Re: [Groff] autoconf and autoreconf, Ralph Corderoy, 2013/04/14
- Re: [Groff] autoconf and autoreconf, Werner LEMBERG, 2013/04/14
Re: [Groff] autoconf and autoreconf, Bernd Warken, 2013/04/13