GNU bug report logs - #9459
24.0.50; Configure aborts, complains about missing install.sh in build-aux

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Message #26 received at 9459 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
Cc: jan.h.d <at> swipnet.se, 9459 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#9459: 24.0.50;
	Condigure aborts, complains about missing install.sh in build-aux.
Date: Wed, 07 Sep 2011 21:22:22 +0300

> Date: Wed, 07 Sep 2011 11:15:24 -0700
> From: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
> CC: Jan Djärv <jan.h.d <at> swipnet.se>, 
>  9459 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> 
> The following change to Makefile.in would, I think, have
> worked around Jan's problem.  It will slow down autoconfish
> builds in general, though, I expect, because it'll run all
> of autogen every time, instead of the individual components
> needed.  Do you think it worth the tradeoff?

My opinion: no, please don't.  Such changes are rare enough and far in
between, while normal builds are much more frequent.  It only takes
one botched build to learn to run autogen.sh manually when "make"
won't cut it.

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