From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#17258: autogen.sh doesn't update stale autoconf files in build-aux Date: Sun, 13 Apr 2014 13:19:01 +0300 Message-ID: <837g6tmt0q.fsf@gnu.org> References: <87fvlhio6b.fsf@Rainer.invalid> Reply-To: Eli Zaretskii NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1397384424 19824 80.91.229.3 (13 Apr 2014 10:20:24 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 13 Apr 2014 10:20:24 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 17258@debbugs.gnu.org To: Achim Gratz Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Apr 13 12:20:17 2014 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1WZHWK-00050m-Sj for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 13 Apr 2014 12:20:17 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:37296 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WZHWK-0002io-7w for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 13 Apr 2014 06:20:16 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:57172) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WZHWC-0002hL-D5 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 13 Apr 2014 06:20:13 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WZHW6-00017s-VH for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 13 Apr 2014 06:20:08 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:38602) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WZHW6-00017d-SX for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 13 Apr 2014 06:20:02 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1WZHW5-0003Yz-TX for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 13 Apr 2014 06:20:02 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Eli Zaretskii Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Sun, 13 Apr 2014 10:20:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 17258 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 17258-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B17258.139738434913623 (code B ref 17258); Sun, 13 Apr 2014 10:20:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 17258) by debbugs.gnu.org; 13 Apr 2014 10:19:09 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:46759 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1WZHVE-0003Xc-Ii for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 13 Apr 2014 06:19:08 -0400 Original-Received: from mtaout29.012.net.il ([80.179.55.185]:35320) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1WZHVB-0003Wy-NN for 17258@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 13 Apr 2014 06:19:06 -0400 Original-Received: from conversion-daemon.mtaout29.012.net.il by mtaout29.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2007.08) id <0N3Y00100SJS2H00@mtaout29.012.net.il> for 17258@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 13 Apr 2014 13:21:01 +0300 (IDT) Original-Received: from HOME-C4E4A596F7 ([87.69.4.28]) by mtaout29.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2007.08) with ESMTPA id <0N3Y00O0QSR1PJ20@mtaout29.012.net.il>; Sun, 13 Apr 2014 13:21:01 +0300 (IDT) In-reply-to: <87fvlhio6b.fsf@Rainer.invalid> X-012-Sender: halo1@inter.net.il X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 3.x X-Received-From: 140.186.70.43 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:87993 Archived-At: > From: Achim Gratz > Date: Sun, 13 Apr 2014 11:17:16 +0200 > > > While troubleshooting a problem with configure on my system, I found > that autogen.sh never updated these autoconf files in build-aux, so they > were still the same as when they had been generated/copied three years > ago: > > build-aux/compile > build-aux/config.guess > build-aux/config.sub > build-aux/install-sh > build-aux/missing > build-aux/depcomp > > Apparently these files are just checked for existence unless the > "--force" option is also given (which autogen.sh doesn't do). I'm > currently using autoconf 2.69 if that matters. Aren't these files created by automake, which is invoked by autoreconf? If so, this is not really an Emacs problem, is it?