* build modifies config.guess and config.sub
@ 2021-07-28 20:17 Perry E. Metzger
2021-07-28 20:27 ` Philipp
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From: Perry E. Metzger @ 2021-07-28 20:17 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: emacs-devel
Howdy, all!
Whenever I do a "git status" after cleaning up after a build, I learn
that the files
build-aux/config.guess
build-aux/config.sub
have been modified. It's easy enough to do a "git restore" on them, but
should they should actually be checked in? I thought they were supplied
by the autotools?
Perry
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* Re: build modifies config.guess and config.sub
2021-07-28 20:17 build modifies config.guess and config.sub Perry E. Metzger
@ 2021-07-28 20:27 ` Philipp
2021-07-29 6:06 ` Eli Zaretskii
0 siblings, 1 reply; 9+ messages in thread
From: Philipp @ 2021-07-28 20:27 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Perry E. Metzger; +Cc: Emacs developers
> Am 28.07.2021 um 22:17 schrieb Perry E. Metzger <perry@piermont.com>:
>
> Howdy, all!
>
> Whenever I do a "git status" after cleaning up after a build, I learn that the files
>
> build-aux/config.guess
> build-aux/config.sub
>
> have been modified. It's easy enough to do a "git restore" on them, but should they should actually be checked in? I thought they were supplied by the autotools?
This issue has been discussed earlier (https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2021-05/msg00130.html), but without conclusion. Maybe it's worth filing a bug to at least track it properly.
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* Re: build modifies config.guess and config.sub
2021-07-28 20:27 ` Philipp
@ 2021-07-29 6:06 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-07-29 23:11 ` Perry E. Metzger
0 siblings, 1 reply; 9+ messages in thread
From: Eli Zaretskii @ 2021-07-29 6:06 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Philipp; +Cc: emacs-devel, perry
> From: Philipp <p.stephani2@gmail.com>
> Date: Wed, 28 Jul 2021 22:27:25 +0200
> Cc: Emacs developers <emacs-devel@gnu.org>
>
> > Am 28.07.2021 um 22:17 schrieb Perry E. Metzger <perry@piermont.com>:
> >
> > Howdy, all!
> >
> > Whenever I do a "git status" after cleaning up after a build, I learn that the files
> >
> > build-aux/config.guess
> > build-aux/config.sub
> >
> > have been modified. It's easy enough to do a "git restore" on them, but should they should actually be checked in? I thought they were supplied by the autotools?
>
> This issue has been discussed earlier (https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2021-05/msg00130.html), but without conclusion.
There was a conclusion, from my POV:
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2021-05/msg00187.html
To make it more clear, this is an Autoconf misfeature, and if someone
wants to report a bug, it should be reported to the Autoconf
developers; we here have nothing we can do about this kind of
"progress".
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* Re: build modifies config.guess and config.sub
2021-07-29 6:06 ` Eli Zaretskii
@ 2021-07-29 23:11 ` Perry E. Metzger
2021-07-30 6:03 ` Eli Zaretskii
0 siblings, 1 reply; 9+ messages in thread
From: Perry E. Metzger @ 2021-07-29 23:11 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: emacs-devel
On 7/29/21 02:06, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
>>
>>> Howdy, all!
>>>
>>> Whenever I do a "git status" after cleaning up after a build, I learn that the files
>>>
>>> build-aux/config.guess
>>> build-aux/config.sub
>>>
>>> have been modified. It's easy enough to do a "git restore" on them, but should they should actually be checked in? I thought they were supplied by the autotools?
>> This issue has been discussed earlier (https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2021-05/msg00130.html), but without conclusion.
> There was a conclusion, from my POV:
>
> https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2021-05/msg00187.html
>
> To make it more clear, this is an Autoconf misfeature, and if someone
> wants to report a bug, it should be reported to the Autoconf
> developers; we here have nothing we can do about this kind of
> "progress".
Couldn't we just not check in those two files?
Perry
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* Re: build modifies config.guess and config.sub
2021-07-29 23:11 ` Perry E. Metzger
@ 2021-07-30 6:03 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-07-30 13:48 ` Perry E. Metzger
0 siblings, 1 reply; 9+ messages in thread
From: Eli Zaretskii @ 2021-07-30 6:03 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Perry E. Metzger; +Cc: emacs-devel
> Date: Thu, 29 Jul 2021 19:11:46 -0400
> From: "Perry E. Metzger" <perry@piermont.com>
>
> > To make it more clear, this is an Autoconf misfeature, and if someone
> > wants to report a bug, it should be reported to the Autoconf
> > developers; we here have nothing we can do about this kind of
> > "progress".
>
> Couldn't we just not check in those two files?
How will then cloning the repository produce them in the working tree?
Our build process doesn't generate them, and people do use older
versions of Autoconf (I do).
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* Re: build modifies config.guess and config.sub
2021-07-30 6:03 ` Eli Zaretskii
@ 2021-07-30 13:48 ` Perry E. Metzger
2021-07-30 13:54 ` Eli Zaretskii
0 siblings, 1 reply; 9+ messages in thread
From: Perry E. Metzger @ 2021-07-30 13:48 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Eli Zaretskii; +Cc: emacs-devel
On 7/30/21 02:03, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
>>
>> Couldn't we just not check in those two files?
> How will then cloning the repository produce them in the working tree?
> Our build process doesn't generate them, and people do use older
> versions of Autoconf (I do).
>
We could copy them in during the build. Alternatively, we could check in
the latest versions; older versions of autoconf won't overwrite them.
Perry
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* Re: build modifies config.guess and config.sub
2021-07-30 13:48 ` Perry E. Metzger
@ 2021-07-30 13:54 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-07-30 18:35 ` Alan Third
0 siblings, 1 reply; 9+ messages in thread
From: Eli Zaretskii @ 2021-07-30 13:54 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Perry E. Metzger; +Cc: emacs-devel
> Date: Fri, 30 Jul 2021 09:48:50 -0400
> Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org
> From: "Perry E. Metzger" <perry@piermont.com>
>
> On 7/30/21 02:03, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> >>
> >> Couldn't we just not check in those two files?
> > How will then cloning the repository produce them in the working tree?
> > Our build process doesn't generate them, and people do use older
> > versions of Autoconf (I do).
> >
> We could copy them in during the build.
Sorry, I don't understand what that means in practice. Please
elaborate.
> Alternatively, we could check in the latest versions; older versions
> of autoconf won't overwrite them.
Don't they come from some external Git repository? If so, checking in
changed versions is asking for trouble.
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* Re: build modifies config.guess and config.sub
2021-07-30 13:54 ` Eli Zaretskii
@ 2021-07-30 18:35 ` Alan Third
2021-07-30 18:53 ` Eli Zaretskii
0 siblings, 1 reply; 9+ messages in thread
From: Alan Third @ 2021-07-30 18:35 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Eli Zaretskii; +Cc: emacs-devel, Perry E. Metzger
On Fri, Jul 30, 2021 at 04:54:36PM +0300, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> > Date: Fri, 30 Jul 2021 09:48:50 -0400
> > Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org
> > From: "Perry E. Metzger" <perry@piermont.com>
> >
> > Alternatively, we could check in the latest versions; older versions
> > of autoconf won't overwrite them.
>
> Don't they come from some external Git repository? If so, checking in
> changed versions is asking for trouble.
It looks like they normally get updated along with Gnulib.
--
Alan Third
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* Re: build modifies config.guess and config.sub
2021-07-30 18:35 ` Alan Third
@ 2021-07-30 18:53 ` Eli Zaretskii
0 siblings, 0 replies; 9+ messages in thread
From: Eli Zaretskii @ 2021-07-30 18:53 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Alan Third; +Cc: emacs-devel, perry
> Date: Fri, 30 Jul 2021 19:35:25 +0100
> From: Alan Third <alan@idiocy.org>
> Cc: "Perry E. Metzger" <perry@piermont.com>, emacs-devel@gnu.org
>
> On Fri, Jul 30, 2021 at 04:54:36PM +0300, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> > > Date: Fri, 30 Jul 2021 09:48:50 -0400
> > > Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org
> > > From: "Perry E. Metzger" <perry@piermont.com>
> > >
> > > Alternatively, we could check in the latest versions; older versions
> > > of autoconf won't overwrite them.
> >
> > Don't they come from some external Git repository? If so, checking in
> > changed versions is asking for trouble.
>
> It looks like they normally get updated along with Gnulib.
Yes, I know.
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