From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Glenn Morris Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: A better autogen.sh Date: Wed, 30 Mar 2011 17:41:53 -0400 Message-ID: <7bhbakmgke.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> References: <87y66fv2d3.fsf@stupidchicken.com> <00oc4v55eb.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> <87vcz2xh57.fsf@rho.meyering.net> <87pqpaxgi3.fsf@rho.meyering.net> <877hbhw2ue.fsf@rho.meyering.net> <87tyeku85x.fsf@rho.meyering.net> <83vcz0qz2n.fsf@gnu.org> <87vcz0s94m.fsf@rho.meyering.net> <83hbakqsv6.fsf@gnu.org> <9439m49xil.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1301521327 8208 80.91.229.12 (30 Mar 2011 21:42:07 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 30 Mar 2011 21:42:07 +0000 (UTC) Cc: chadpbrown@gmail.com, Eli Zaretskii , Jim Meyering , emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Stefan Monnier Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Mar 30 23:42:03 2011 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Q539N-0006p6-1Z for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 30 Mar 2011 23:42:01 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:36061 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Q539M-0008GD-HO for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 30 Mar 2011 17:42:00 -0400 Original-Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=37377 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Q539I-0008Fv-7F for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 30 Mar 2011 17:41:57 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Q539H-0001pX-AD for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 30 Mar 2011 17:41:56 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([140.186.70.10]:60591) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Q539H-0001pT-7W for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 30 Mar 2011 17:41:55 -0400 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:60730) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Q539G-0001RA-AQ; Wed, 30 Mar 2011 17:41:54 -0400 X-Spook: clones clandestine morse CISU AUTODIN CipherTAC-2000 X-Ran: U8/qzAFBiiLl>m"Tl#D>bAX>yGxIB3~{QpiAg)Ut[KgVQipRW+#yf=en X-Hue: white X-Attribution: GM In-Reply-To: (Stefan Monnier's message of "Wed, 30 Mar 2011 17:36:42 -0400") User-Agent: Gnus (www.gnus.org), GNU Emacs (www.gnu.org/software/emacs/) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) X-Received-From: 140.186.70.10 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:137935 Archived-At: Stefan Monnier wrote: > OTOH, I think it's good to make our Makefile robust against odd states. > E.g. try: > > rm install-sh; make Nothing has changed in this regard. If you delete a versioned install-sh, nothing restores it for you.