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Re: automake datadir files location and versioning
>>> "Ralf" == Ralf Corsepius <corsepiu@faw.uni-ulm.de> writes:
Ralf> Am Die, 2002-01-22 um 18.34 schrieb Tom Tromey:
>> >>>>> "Ralf" == Ralf Corsepius <corsepiu@faw.uni-ulm.de> writes:
>>
Ralf> automake -a -f -c
Ralf> [Don't use symlinks at all]
>>
>> Maybe, going forward, we should just always copy these files?
Ralf> Hmm, why not?
My opinion is that -f should be the default. Otherwise people
will shoot in their foot when reconfiguring their packages
with another Automake version.
This is independant of the copy-or-link choice.
>> I.e., never symlink? Thoughts?
Ralf> Let me rephrase your question: What was the reason to consider using
Ralf> symlinks at all? I hardly see any.
When /usr/share/automake/config.{sub,guess} is updated, you
don't need to rerun automake in all your packages.
(For instance, under Debian these files come from a separate
package which is updated more often than Automake is).
The same could apply to other files as well.
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Alexandre Duret-Lutz