Re[2]: [Bug-glpk] patch for glpk-4.8

[Andrew Makhorin]

> Also, since this is part of the GNU coding standards, and glpk claims to be
> a GNU program, it should work.  Without my patch, it does not work.

This depends on make you are using, not on glpk.

> Also, you'll note my comment that said this is the patch that I use
> locally.  Since I use it locally I patched the Makefile.in.  After all, why
> would I want to rerun autoreconf -fiv if I can simply patch Makefile.in and
> achieve the same results much faster?  But, you'll also note that I also
> patched the Makefile.am for your convenience.  You're welcome.

You are free to patch Makefile.in as well as any other files included in
glpk distribution :+) I only mean that Makefile.in is produced by computer
program, not by human being, and therefore it is not intended to be
modified by hands.