GNU bug report logs - #11932
Remove "#serial" lines from Automake-provided *.m4 files

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From: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini <at> gmail.com>
To: 11932 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, 
	"automake-patches <at> gnu.org" <automake-patches <at> gnu.org>
Subject: Re: bug#11932: Remove "#serial" lines from Automake-provided *.m4
	files
Date: Sat, 14 Jul 2012 19:04:07 +0200

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tags 11932 + patch
close 11932

On 07/13/2012 03:19 PM, Stefano Lattarini wrote:
> Severity: minor
> 
> The "# serial" lines are only considered by aclocal for the system-wide
> third-party '.m4' files, not for the Automake-provided ones (and even in
> that case, they are considered only when the '--install' aclocal option
> is used).  So they serve no real purpose in the Automake '.m4' files.
> 
> In addition, now that we use git and topic branches, and that we are
> also writing the Automake-NG fork, the "# serial" lines are becoming
> more and more unreliable (different version of the same file in
> different branches can easily end up having the same serial numbers).
> 
> So I propose we just nuke the "#serial" lines.
> 
> Any objection?  If not, I will proceed in a couple of days, in all
> of the 'maint', 'master' and 'ng/master' branches.
> 
>
Done in the attached patch (pushed to maint).

Regards,
  Stefano

[0001-m4-get-rid-of-serial-lines.patch (text/x-diff, attachment)]

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