From unknown Sun Jun 22 22:43:49 2025 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: MIME-tools 5.509 (Entity 5.509) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 From: bug#20373 <20373@debbugs.gnu.org> To: bug#20373 <20373@debbugs.gnu.org> Subject: Status: automake 1.15 overwriting custom INSTALL file Reply-To: bug#20373 <20373@debbugs.gnu.org> Date: Mon, 23 Jun 2025 05:43:49 +0000 retitle 20373 automake 1.15 overwriting custom INSTALL file reassign 20373 automake submitter 20373 Emil severity 20373 normal tag 20373 notabug thanks From debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Sun Apr 19 19:06:05 2015 Received: (at submit) by debbugs.gnu.org; 19 Apr 2015 23:06:06 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:60986 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1YjyHt-0001eN-Bk for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 19 Apr 2015 19:06:05 -0400 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:55793) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1Yjwp6-0007pe-QL for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 19 Apr 2015 17:32:17 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Yjwp0-0002SU-Gn for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 19 Apr 2015 17:32:11 -0400 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.2 (2011-06-06) on eggs.gnu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,FREEMAIL_FROM, T_DKIM_INVALID autolearn=disabled version=3.3.2 Received: from lists.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::11]:39618) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Yjwp0-0002SM-Da for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 19 Apr 2015 17:32:10 -0400 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:41067) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Yjwoz-0004aT-C1 for bug-automake@gnu.org; Sun, 19 Apr 2015 17:32:10 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Yjwoy-0002R3-6k for bug-automake@gnu.org; Sun, 19 Apr 2015 17:32:09 -0400 Received: from mail-la0-x22d.google.com ([2a00:1450:4010:c03::22d]:34075) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Yjwox-0002Pw-UZ for bug-automake@gnu.org; Sun, 19 Apr 2015 17:32:08 -0400 Received: by laat2 with SMTP id t2so113802135laa.1 for ; Sun, 19 Apr 2015 14:32:05 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=from:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:subject:message-id:date :to:mime-version; bh=lEoLLHFfJPbkbURHokFMsPBV/XIPbclDKijYC/F9OE8=; b=ZvP7GelgxqR7id1+kBgd8PxvroXrXfIZFgbss3Ey/ZsjJozk/IG9jQ0A0PIcfI28mW 1LrqTvr5hsLBmoEp47UT3sKS77iMivY4nqpH+N5J2LcJjYOFysIxdrK5MiPDQtHoZAN+ 6fOyPwgQ/Zj2uWp3AxZeT1jNocsUYDRCYAj2Xstw4ibbCnD9iDSbyBMkCCALz+Z1YCcr kxQE+N7AEwoWZGmwPjrodbOSJRpkht09wJsf+vIS/qgxOwcC5+QDdWapqhPi2K1OeQ+w iCpOodW7EOfz1/yi19gJHpUi1maxz+8LiQWyexhDY/LufAQcWCedA/+y/iZ23YKTT98o /sUw== X-Received: by 10.152.29.6 with SMTP id f6mr12725331lah.85.1429479125692; Sun, 19 Apr 2015 14:32:05 -0700 (PDT) Received: from dkmmv624x2w7tvx4-4.rev.dnainternet.fi (dkmmv624x2w7tvx4-4.rev.dnainternet.fi. [2001:14bb:0:42:951d:5b13:b4b7:8cf]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPSA id zf3sm3901116lbb.2.2015.04.19.14.32.04 for (version=TLSv1 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA bits=128/128); Sun, 19 Apr 2015 14:32:05 -0700 (PDT) From: Emil Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: automake 1.15 overwriting custom INSTALL file Message-Id: <2AE938B4-0D43-40BA-91EB-5BAEF9B4458F@gmail.com> Date: Mon, 20 Apr 2015 00:31:56 +0300 To: bug-automake@gnu.org Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 8.2 \(2098\)) X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.2098) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Error: Malformed IPv6 address (bad octet value). X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Error: Malformed IPv6 address (bad octet value). X-Received-From: 2001:4830:134:3::11 X-Spam-Score: -4.0 (----) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: submit X-Mailman-Approved-At: Sun, 19 Apr 2015 19:06:03 -0400 X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Sender: "Debbugs-submit" X-Spam-Score: -4.0 (----) Hi, We have a custom INSTALL file in our project. Running `autoreconf -i` (which AFAIK calls `automake --add-missing`) results in our INSTALL file to be overwritten by the standard GNU INSTALL file, which is not what we want. BACKGROUND: Here's a relevant part quoted from the automake manual (https://www.gnu.org/software/automake/manual/html_node/Gnits.html): > If the --add-missing option is given, automake will add a generic version > of the INSTALL file as well as the COPYING file [...]. However, an > existing COPYING file will never be overwritten by automake. However it doesn't explicitly state whether an INSTALL file will be overwritten or not, but I'm assuming it shouldn't be overwritten. Also, while adding the `foreign` option to automake will prevent this behavior, I wouldn't really consider it as a fix. I also posted about this on the Unix & Linux SE: http://unix.stackexchange.com/q/197238/103132 REPRODUCING: You can find the minimal versions of our configure.ac, Makefile.am, and autogen.sh scripts in the SE post, or as a gist here: https://gist.github.com/emlai/1a42108bd787cadc3aa9 If needed, you can also take a look at the whole project branch which reproduces the problem for me: https://github.com/emlai/ivan/tree/automake-bug You can simply download it and run the following commands to try if you can reproduce the error: cd ivan-automake-bug head INSTALL ./autogen.sh head INSTALL I'm using autoconf-2.69 and automake-1.15. 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[2001:14bb:0:42:951d:5b13:b4b7:8cf]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPSA id am7sm378442lbc.3.2015.04.19.16.13.10 for <20373@debbugs.gnu.org> (version=TLSv1 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA bits=128/128); Sun, 19 Apr 2015 16:13:10 -0700 (PDT) From: Emil Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: automake 1.15 overwriting custom INSTALL file (fixed, not a bug) Message-Id: <5C654966-4AE3-467C-AB77-98E988CB4CD3@gmail.com> Date: Mon, 20 Apr 2015 02:13:08 +0300 To: 20373@debbugs.gnu.org Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 8.2 \(2098\)) X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.2098) X-Spam-Score: -0.7 (/) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: 20373 X-Mailman-Approved-At: Sun, 19 Apr 2015 19:22:38 -0400 X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Sender: "Debbugs-submit" X-Spam-Score: -0.7 (/) Hi again, I just realized this is actually not a bug, and was simply caused by the -f option passed to autoreconf. Autoreconf seems to forward it to automake as the --force-missing option, which, according to the manual, "force[s] update of standard files". Autoreconf's man entry for -f simply states that it will "consider all files obsolete", which for me wasn't very clear about its implications, so I couldn't link it to the unwanted behavior I was experiencing. More info: http://unix.stackexchange.com/a/197327/103132 Cheers, Emil Laine From debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Sat Mar 04 07:33:00 2017 Received: (at control) by debbugs.gnu.org; 4 Mar 2017 12:33:00 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:39225 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1ck8rr-00080b-QM for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 04 Mar 2017 07:32:59 -0500 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:36403) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1ck8rp-00080N-F2 for control@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 04 Mar 2017 07:32:57 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ck8rj-0003FN-7e for control@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 04 Mar 2017 07:32:52 -0500 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.2 (2011-06-06) on eggs.gnu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,RP_MATCHES_RCVD autolearn=disabled version=3.3.2 Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::e]:46009) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ck8rj-0003FI-4d for control@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 04 Mar 2017 07:32:51 -0500 Received: from [2a01:e35:2ec2:e580:4a5d:60ff:fe57:52cd] (port=38484 helo=godel) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:256) (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1ck8ri-00015L-Gs for control@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 04 Mar 2017 07:32:50 -0500 Date: Sat, 04 Mar 2017 13:32:48 +0100 Message-Id: <877f4543yn.fsf@gnu.org> To: control@debbugs.gnu.org From: Mathieu Lirzin Subject: control message for bug #20373 X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 2001:4830:134:3::e X-Spam-Score: -5.0 (-----) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: control X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Sender: "Debbugs-submit" X-Spam-Score: -5.0 (-----) merge 20373 20374 From debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Sat Mar 04 07:50:44 2017 Received: (at 20373) by debbugs.gnu.org; 4 Mar 2017 12:50:44 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:39229 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1ck992-0001hw-C9 for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 04 Mar 2017 07:50:44 -0500 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:38868) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1ck990-0001hk-Q3 for 20373@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 04 Mar 2017 07:50:43 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ck98u-0000LC-PW for 20373@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 04 Mar 2017 07:50:37 -0500 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.2 (2011-06-06) on eggs.gnu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.0 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_40,RP_MATCHES_RCVD autolearn=disabled version=3.3.2 Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::e]:46096) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ck98u-0000L2-M8; Sat, 04 Mar 2017 07:50:36 -0500 Received: from [2a01:e35:2ec2:e580:4a5d:60ff:fe57:52cd] (port=38556 helo=godel) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:256) (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1ck98u-0008OZ-1W; Sat, 04 Mar 2017 07:50:36 -0500 From: Mathieu Lirzin To: Emil Subject: Re: bug#20373: automake 1.15 overwriting custom INSTALL file (fixed, not a bug) References: <2AE938B4-0D43-40BA-91EB-5BAEF9B4458F@gmail.com> <5C654966-4AE3-467C-AB77-98E988CB4CD3@gmail.com> Date: Sat, 04 Mar 2017 13:50:33 +0100 In-Reply-To: <5C654966-4AE3-467C-AB77-98E988CB4CD3@gmail.com> (Emil's message of "Mon, 20 Apr 2015 02:13:08 +0300") Message-ID: <8737et4352.fsf@gnu.org> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/25.1 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 2001:4830:134:3::e X-Spam-Score: -5.0 (-----) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: 20373 Cc: 20373@debbugs.gnu.org X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Sender: "Debbugs-submit" X-Spam-Score: -5.0 (-----) Hello Emil Emil writes: > I just realized this is actually not a bug, and was simply caused by the > -f option passed to autoreconf. > > Autoreconf seems to forward it to automake as the --force-missing option, > which, according to the manual, "force[s] update of standard files". > > Autoreconf's man entry for -f simply states that it will "consider all > files obsolete", which for me wasn't very clear about its implications, > so I couldn't link it to the unwanted behavior I was experiencing. The Autoreconf and its manual is maintained by Autoconf package. You can report this documentation bug to if you want. 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Sat, 04 Mar 2017 07:52:04 -0500 Date: Sat, 04 Mar 2017 13:52:02 +0100 Message-Id: <87zih12oi5.fsf@gnu.org> To: control@debbugs.gnu.org From: Mathieu Lirzin Subject: control message for bug #20373 X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 2001:4830:134:3::e X-Spam-Score: -5.0 (-----) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: control X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Sender: "Debbugs-submit" X-Spam-Score: -5.0 (-----) close 20373 From debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Sat Mar 04 08:02:48 2017 Received: (at 20373) by debbugs.gnu.org; 4 Mar 2017 13:02:48 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:39256 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1ck9Kh-0003lM-TS for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 04 Mar 2017 08:02:48 -0500 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:41644) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1ck9Kg-0003lA-Gv for 20373@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 04 Mar 2017 08:02:46 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ck9Ka-0003zl-Ou for 20373@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 04 Mar 2017 08:02:41 -0500 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.2 (2011-06-06) on eggs.gnu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.8 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_50,RP_MATCHES_RCVD autolearn=disabled version=3.3.2 Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::e]:46238) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ck9Ka-0003zW-LI; Sat, 04 Mar 2017 08:02:40 -0500 Received: from [2a01:e35:2ec2:e580:4a5d:60ff:fe57:52cd] (port=38592 helo=godel) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:256) (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1ck9Ka-0008Pf-39; Sat, 04 Mar 2017 08:02:40 -0500 From: Mathieu Lirzin To: Emil Subject: Re: bug#20373: automake 1.15 overwriting custom INSTALL file (fixed, not a bug) References: <2AE938B4-0D43-40BA-91EB-5BAEF9B4458F@gmail.com> <5C654966-4AE3-467C-AB77-98E988CB4CD3@gmail.com> <8737et4352.fsf@gnu.org> Date: Sat, 04 Mar 2017 14:02:37 +0100 In-Reply-To: <8737et4352.fsf@gnu.org> (Mathieu Lirzin's message of "Sat, 04 Mar 2017 13:50:33 +0100") Message-ID: <87r32d2o0i.fsf@gnu.org> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/25.1 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 2001:4830:134:3::e X-Spam-Score: -5.0 (-----) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: 20373 Cc: 20373@debbugs.gnu.org X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Sender: "Debbugs-submit" X-Spam-Score: -5.0 (-----) Mathieu Lirzin writes: > Hello Emil > > Emil writes: > >> I just realized this is actually not a bug, and was simply caused by the >> -f option passed to autoreconf. >> >> Autoreconf seems to forward it to automake as the --force-missing option, >> which, according to the manual, "force[s] update of standard files". >> >> Autoreconf's man entry for -f simply states that it will "consider all >> files obsolete", which for me wasn't very clear about its implications, >> so I couldn't link it to the unwanted behavior I was experiencing. > > The Autoreconf and its manual is maintained by Autoconf package. should be : "The autoreconf program and its manual are maintained by Autoconf" -- Mathieu Lirzin GPG: F2A3 8D7E EB2B 6640 5761 070D 0ADE E100 9460 4D37 From unknown Sun Jun 22 22:43:49 2025 Received: (at fakecontrol) by fakecontrolmessage; 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