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Re: built files in CVS


"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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