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 14:39:45 +0300 Message-ID: <83ppkllapq.fsf@gnu.org> References: <87fvlhio6b.fsf@Rainer.invalid> <837g6tmt0q.fsf@gnu.org> <87a9bp1p18.fsf@Rainer.invalid> <83r451lcfv.fsf@gnu.org> <8761md1n6k.fsf@Rainer.invalid> Reply-To: Eli Zaretskii NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1397389223 12127 80.91.229.3 (13 Apr 2014 11:40:23 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 13 Apr 2014 11:40:23 +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 13:40:18 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 1WZIlm-0003PH-L1 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 13 Apr 2014 13:40:18 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:37451 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WZIlm-0004Xp-9m for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 13 Apr 2014 07:40:18 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:41404) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WZIlc-0004TX-2F for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 13 Apr 2014 07:40:15 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WZIlX-0007lc-34 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 13 Apr 2014 07:40:07 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:38644) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WZIlX-0007k9-0m for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 13 Apr 2014 07:40:03 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1WZIlV-0007yC-T9 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 13 Apr 2014 07:40:02 -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 11:40:01 +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=B17258.139738919430614 (code B ref 17258); Sun, 13 Apr 2014 11:40:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 17258) by debbugs.gnu.org; 13 Apr 2014 11:39:54 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:46801 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1WZIlN-0007xi-TI for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 13 Apr 2014 07:39:54 -0400 Original-Received: from mtaout25.012.net.il ([80.179.55.181]:42804) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1WZIlK-0007xQ-0Q for 17258@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 13 Apr 2014 07:39:51 -0400 Original-Received: from conversion-daemon.mtaout25.012.net.il by mtaout25.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2007.08) id <0N3Y00700W8YH700@mtaout25.012.net.il> for 17258@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 13 Apr 2014 14:37:58 +0300 (IDT) Original-Received: from HOME-C4E4A596F7 ([87.69.4.28]) by mtaout25.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2007.08) with ESMTPA id <0N3Y003H0WBA5X20@mtaout25.012.net.il>; Sun, 13 Apr 2014 14:37:58 +0300 (IDT) In-reply-to: <8761md1n6k.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:87997 Archived-At: > From: Achim Gratz > Date: Sun, 13 Apr 2014 13:30:43 +0200 > > [would you please not quote full email addresses?] [Why? And it's not me, it's Emacs. And the list server mangles them anyway.] > Eli Zaretskii writes: > >> My expectation would be that any call to autogen.sh would re-create > >> these files. > > > > That's not enough (assuming we indeed want these files to be > > re-created automatically): just running "make" will invoke the > > autotools as needed. In fact, after the initial invocation of > > autogen.sh, you should normally never again need to run it by hand. > > The Makefile (at least on GNU/Linux) actually calls autotools through > autogen.sh and not directly. GNUMakefile does, but not Makefile.in: $(srcdir)/configure: $(AUTOCONF_INPUTS) cd ${srcdir} && autoconf ACLOCAL_INPUTS = $(srcdir)/configure.ac $(srcdir)/m4/gnulib-comp.m4 $(srcdir)/aclocal.m4: $(ACLOCAL_INPUTS) cd $(srcdir) && aclocal -I m4 AUTOMAKE_INPUTS = $(srcdir)/aclocal.m4 $(srcdir)/lib/Makefile.am \ $(srcdir)/lib/gnulib.mk $(srcdir)/lib/Makefile.in: $(AUTOMAKE_INPUTS) cd $(srcdir) && automake --gnu -a -c lib/Makefile