Re: new option --enable-maintainer

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From: Tim Wilkinson (tim@transvirtual.com)
Date: Tue Jan 12 1999 - 17:26:54 EST


That sound absolutely lovely - didn't we once say that while you might need to
right tools to muck with Kaffe but you shouldn't need them if all you want to
do is comple?

Cheers
Tim

Godmar Back wrote:

> Can we get a final clarification as to whether the cvs update bug is a
> feature or not and whether we should require a special option to allow
> automake to kick in at all (given that the proper versions are installed!).
>
> What about a compromise: no special --enable-maintainer option, but
> instead use a different make target?
>
> So if you say "make all" or "make" it won't touch the .in files, even
> if the "proper" version of automake is installed. You have to say
> "make makefiles" or "make configure-files" or whatever name you can
> come up with. Maybe also print a warning if automake would have
> kicked in, like "Some Makefile.in are older than the files they
> depend on. It is recommended that you do a "make configure-files"
> if necessary."
>
> How does that sound?
>
> - Godmar

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