Re: Generated files in CVS

[Gord Eagle]

Jeff Bailey <address@hidden> writes:

> configure, aclocal, Makefile.in, missing, mkinstalldirs, install-sh,
> config.sub, and config.guess have local copies included in our mig
> repository.

There's a reason to have them in CVS.  I've witnessed a lot of build
problems that come down to version skew between automake and
autoconf.

Having them in CVS means that people who check out a tree, no matter
how old, have a good chance of getting something that builds
correctly.

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