Re: [Emacs-diffs] Changes to emacs/lib-src/makefile.w32-in,v

["Juanma Barranquero" <lekktu@gmail.com>]

On 11/27/06, Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> wrote:

> That'd be a nuisance, I think: people run configure even if
> makefile.w32-in didn't change (well, I do), just to be sure.

The only (tiny) problem with depending on makefile.w32-in, is that if
the user forgets to run configure, he will see emacsclient being
compiled, but the version number will still be old. It's a bit
misleading.

Just a nitpick, anyway. The main case to consider is whether users
(not developers building from the CVS tree) will get the right number
after bootstrapping the first time, and they will.

> What you are actually saying is that makefile in each directory should
> depend on the respective makefile.w32-in, and if the latter was
> changed, nt/configure.bat should run automatically.

A rule in makefile making it depend on makefile.w32-in? Nice idea :)

> You are probably
> right, but let's not do this before the release.

No, of course not!

> (While at that, we should also avoid recreating makefile's and other
> files produced by nt/configure.bat if the new version would be
> identical to the old one, to avoid unnecessary recompilation.)

That shouldn't be too tricky, if you can count on a reliable way to
compare the old and new files. (Do we require diff right now? I don't
think so.)

                    /L/e/k/t/u