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Re: built files in CVS
- To: "Tim Van Holder" <tim dot van dot holder at pandora dot be>
- Subject: Re: built files in CVS
- From: Didier Verna <didier at lrde dot epita dot fr>
- Date: Wed, 26 Sep 2001 19:05:47 +0200
- Cc: "'Steve M. Robbins'" <steven dot robbins at videotron dot ca>, "'GNU Automake List'" <automake at gnu dot org>
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- References: <000401c146ac$73ee4980$be7c76d5@pandora.be>
"Tim Van Holder" <tim.van.holder@pandora.be> wrote:
>> I agree it doesn't help when something fancy happens on the archive side
>> though ;-)
> Yes, but for autoconf and automake, this is a bit different, as
> an update is likely to bring in a file generated by the version
> you're downloading (e.g. updating your Automake 1.5j CVS tree
> brings you a Makefile.in generated by the next snapshot, 1.5k).
> So for autotools, not using a bootstrap script is likely to
> generate many more conflicts than a 'regular' project.
Yes, I agree. That's what I meant by "something fancy".
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