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Re: Generated files in CVS
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Gord Eagle |
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Re: Generated files in CVS |
Date: |
Sat, 12 Oct 2002 15:29:59 -0600 |
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Gnus/5.090008 (Oort Gnus v0.08) Emacs/21.2 (i386-debian-linux-gnu) |
Jeff Bailey <address@hidden> writes:
> configure, aclocal, Makefile.in, missing, mkinstalldirs, install-sh,
> config.sub, and config.guess have local copies included in our mig
> repository.
There's a reason to have them in CVS. I've witnessed a lot of build
problems that come down to version skew between automake and
autoconf.
Having them in CVS means that people who check out a tree, no matter
how old, have a good chance of getting something that builds
correctly.
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