Re: `missing' fixlet

[Alexandre Duret-Lutz]

>>> "Paul" == Paul Eggert <address@hidden> writes:

 Paul> Tom Tromey <address@hidden> writes:
 >> The automake HACKING file mentions that the `missing' script isn't
 >> maintained in automake.  I haven't been following along, so I don't
 >> know where it is maintained (and HACKING doesn't say -- a buglet).

 Paul> Thanks.  gnulib and Autoconf both get 'missing' from Automake.  So,
 Paul> unless I'm out-to-lunch, the bug in Automake's HACKING is that HACKING
 Paul> shouldn't list 'missing' as a file maintained elsewhere.  

Yep, HACKING is a bit outdated.  Half of the files listed are
now maintained in Automake.  I'm installing this.

Index: HACKING
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvs/automake/automake/HACKING,v
retrieving revision 1.15
diff -u -r1.15 HACKING
--- HACKING     20 Sep 2002 17:17:01 -0000      1.15
+++ HACKING     20 Jul 2003 21:41:42 -0000
@@ -26,9 +26,13 @@
   and check everything in.
 
 * Some files in the automake package are not owned by automake.  These
-  files should never be edited here.  These files are COPYING, INSTALL,
-  ansi2knr.1, ansi2knr.c, config.guess config.sub, install-sh, mdate-sh,
-  missing, mkinstalldirs, texinfo.tex
+  files should never be edited here.  These files are
+      COPYING (from FSF),
+      INSTALL (address@hidden),
+      config.guess, config.sub (address@hidden),
+      texinfo.tex (address@hidden),
+      Struct.pm, XFile.pm (address@hidden).
+  Most of them are updated before release with `make fetch'.
 
 * Changes other than bug fixes must be mentioned in NEWS
 

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Alexandre Duret-Lutz