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From: | Peter Johansson |
Subject: | Re: GNU Coding Standards, automake, and the recent xz-utils backdoor |
Date: | Mon, 1 Apr 2024 08:19:39 +1000 |
User-agent: | Mozilla Thunderbird |
On 1/4/24 06:00, Eric Gallager wrote:
A common scenario is that the embedded M4 files are not the latest version and that the code in configure.ac is not compatible with newer versions that might be installed. Setting the --install flag and make every developer bootstrap with 'aclocal --install' or anyone trying to bootstrap an old version of the project would be very fragile. Also 'aclocal --install' only overwrite the embedded copy if the serial numbers in the files suggest the installed file is a newer version than the embedded M4 file.So, `aclocal` has a flag to control this behavior: specifically, its `--install` flag. Right now I don't see `aclocal` mentioned in the GNU Coding Standards at all. Should they be updated to include a recommendation as to whether it's better to put `--install` in `ACLOCAL_AMFLAGS` or not? Or would such a recommendation be a better fit for the `automake` manual (since that's where `aclocal` comes from)?
Peter
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