GNU bug report logs - #17258
autogen.sh doesn't update stale autoconf files in build-aux

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Reported by: Achim Gratz <Stromeko <at> nexgo.de>

Date: Sun, 13 Apr 2014 09:18:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Done: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #14 received at 17258 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Achim Gratz <Stromeko <at> nexgo.de>
Cc: 17258 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#17258: autogen.sh doesn't update stale autoconf files in
 build-aux
Date: Sun, 13 Apr 2014 14:02:28 +0300

> From: Achim Gratz <Stromeko <at> nexgo.de>
> Date: Sun, 13 Apr 2014 12:50:43 +0200
> 
> My expectation would be that any call to autogen.sh would re-create
> these files.

That's not enough (assuming we indeed want these files to be
re-created automatically): just running "make" will invoke the
autotools as needed.  In fact, after the initial invocation of
autogen.sh, you should normally never again need to run it by hand.
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