GNU bug report logs - #20374
automake 1.15 overwriting custom INSTALL file (fixed, not a bug)

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Package: automake;

Reported by: Emil <laine.emil <at> gmail.com>

Date: Sun, 19 Apr 2015 23:23:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: notabug

Merged with 20373

Done: Mathieu Lirzin <mthl <at> gnu.org>

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From: Emil <laine.emil <at> gmail.com>
To: bug-automake <at> gnu.org
Subject: automake 1.15 overwriting custom INSTALL file (fixed, not a bug)
Date: Mon, 20 Apr 2015 01:01:01 +0300

Hi again,

I just realized my last bug report 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.

That being said, it's all fixed now, thanks for the great software!

Cheers, Emil Laine <laine.emil <at> gmail.com>
Merged 20373 20374. Request was from Mathieu Lirzin <mthl <at> gnu.org> to control <at> debbugs.gnu.org. (Sat, 04 Mar 2017 12:33:01 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.
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bug closed, send any further explanations to 20373 <at> debbugs.gnu.org and Emil <laine.emil <at> gmail.com> Request was from Mathieu Lirzin <mthl <at> gnu.org> to control <at> debbugs.gnu.org. (Sat, 04 Mar 2017 12:53:02 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.
bug archived. Request was from Debbugs Internal Request <help-debbugs <at> gnu.org> to internal_control <at> debbugs.gnu.org. (Sun, 02 Apr 2017 11:24:04 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.
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