From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Jim Meyering Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#9106: 24.0.50; ./configure causes massive recompilation Date: Fri, 22 Jul 2011 00:27:00 +0200 Message-ID: <87k4bbclsb.fsf__184.193978975777$1311287292$gmane$org@rho.meyering.net> References: <83k4bcvo1f.fsf@gnu.org> <20110720210417.270150@gmx.net> <201107211257.44586.bruno@clisp.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1311287292 28139 80.91.229.12 (21 Jul 2011 22:28:12 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 21 Jul 2011 22:28:12 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 9106@debbugs.gnu.org, Paul Eggert , bug-gnulib@gnu.org To: Bruno Haible Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Jul 22 00:28:07 2011 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([140.186.70.17]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Qk1ix-00050B-EX for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 22 Jul 2011 00:28:07 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:44766 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Qk1ix-0000PX-0x for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 21 Jul 2011 18:28:07 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.92]:39126) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Qk1it-0000PO-RE for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 21 Jul 2011 18:28:04 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Qk1is-0000pP-V7 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 21 Jul 2011 18:28:03 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:54193) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Qk1is-0000pL-KV for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 21 Jul 2011 18:28:02 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Qk1is-00045N-5W; Thu, 21 Jul 2011 18:28:02 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Jim Meyering Original-Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-To: owner@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Thu, 21 Jul 2011 22:28:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 9106 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 9106-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B9106.131128722915648 (code B ref 9106); Thu, 21 Jul 2011 22:28:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 9106) by debbugs.gnu.org; 21 Jul 2011 22:27:09 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Qk1i0-00044L-Li for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 21 Jul 2011 18:27:08 -0400 Original-Received: from mx.meyering.net ([82.230.74.64]) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Qk1hy-00043r-Cr for 9106@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 21 Jul 2011 18:27:07 -0400 Original-Received: from rho.meyering.net (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by rho.meyering.net (Acme Bit-Twister) with ESMTP id 4BEB96002D; Fri, 22 Jul 2011 00:27:00 +0200 (CEST) In-Reply-To: <201107211257.44586.bruno@clisp.org> (Bruno Haible's message of "Thu, 21 Jul 2011 12:57:44 +0200") Original-Lines: 33 X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.11 Precedence: list Resent-Date: Thu, 21 Jul 2011 18:28:02 -0400 X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) 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:49537 Archived-At: Bruno Haible wrote: > Paul, Jim, Eric, others, do you remember other problems of stamp files? > >> The config.h rule (among others) has been using one for years, >> and the last time I've heard complaints or bug reports about it >> has been years also. > > For reference, here's the rules automake generates for config.h: > > config.h: stamp-h1 > @if test ! -f $@; then \ > rm -f stamp-h1; \ > $(MAKE) $(AM_MAKEFLAGS) stamp-h1; \ > else :; fi > > stamp-h1: $(srcdir)/config.h.in $(top_builddir)/config.status > @rm -f stamp-h1 > cd $(top_builddir) && $(SHELL) ./config.status config.h > > $(srcdir)/config.h.in: $(am__configure_deps) > ($(am__cd) $(top_srcdir) && $(AUTOHEADER)) > rm -f stamp-h1 > touch $@ > > distclean-hdr: > -rm -f config.h stamp-h1 > > Is that the kind of rule you would recommend? Hi Bruno, I know of no problem with that time stamp mechanism. It's been in use (complaint-free) for a very long time.