From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Miles Bader Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Why and not "config.h" ? Date: Wed, 28 Jul 2010 11:30:17 +0900 Message-ID: <87y6cwz6bq.fsf@catnip.gol.com> References: <87wrsgs5t3.fsf@telefonica.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1280284238 2209 80.91.229.12 (28 Jul 2010 02:30:38 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 28 Jul 2010 02:30:38 +0000 (UTC) To: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Jul 28 04:30:37 2010 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 1OdwPl-0000Fo-B9 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 28 Jul 2010 04:30:37 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:39149 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1OdwPk-00068R-MZ for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 27 Jul 2010 22:30:36 -0400 Original-Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=35704 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1OdwPe-00067A-J7 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 27 Jul 2010 22:30:31 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OdwPd-0006DB-Fo for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 27 Jul 2010 22:30:30 -0400 Original-Received: from lo.gmane.org ([80.91.229.12]:55039) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OdwPd-0006D7-5O for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 27 Jul 2010 22:30:29 -0400 Original-Received: from list by lo.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OdwPb-0000D0-Jk for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 28 Jul 2010 04:30:27 +0200 Original-Received: from 218.231.154.125.eo.eaccess.ne.jp ([218.231.154.125]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Wed, 28 Jul 2010 04:30:27 +0200 Original-Received: from miles by 218.231.154.125.eo.eaccess.ne.jp with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Wed, 28 Jul 2010 04:30:27 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Original-Lines: 18 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: 218.231.154.125.eo.eaccess.ne.jp System-Type: x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu Cancel-Lock: sha1:y5F8SBy3tk8xax32nRyO4ztgw/Q= X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) 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:127904 Archived-At: Óscar Fuentes writes: > #include > Is there a specific reason for this? I think this was discussed recently, and I seem to recall that the reason given was that "config.h" doesn't work if the user tries to build with an out-of-tree object directory _after_ having previously built in the source tree (without an intervening "make distclean" in the source dir). Seems very silly to me ("don't do that!") but ... -Miles -- Laughter, n. An interior convulsion, producing a distortion of the features and accompanied by inarticulate noises. It is infectious and, though intermittent, incurable.