GNU bug report logs - #20373
automake 1.15 overwriting custom INSTALL file

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Message #13 received at 20373 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Mathieu Lirzin <mthl <at> gnu.org>
To: Emil <laine.emil <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 20373 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#20373: automake 1.15 overwriting custom INSTALL file (fixed,
 not a bug)
Date: Sat, 04 Mar 2017 13:50:33 +0100

Hello Emil

Emil <laine.emil <at> gmail.com> 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 <bug-autoconf <at> gnu.org> if you want.

Thanks.

-- 
Mathieu Lirzin
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