From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: A better autogen.sh Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2011 10:36:01 -0400 Message-ID: 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> <7bhbakmgke.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1301582179 6686 80.91.229.12 (31 Mar 2011 14:36:19 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2011 14:36:19 +0000 (UTC) Cc: chadpbrown@gmail.com, Eli Zaretskii , Jim Meyering , emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Glenn Morris Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Mar 31 16:36:14 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 1Q5Iyr-00042S-VO for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 31 Mar 2011 16:36:14 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:43355 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Q5Iyr-0003QD-Ih for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 31 Mar 2011 10:36:13 -0400 Original-Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=54555 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Q5Iyj-0003Py-R2 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 31 Mar 2011 10:36:10 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Q5Iyi-00054H-QP for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 31 Mar 2011 10:36:05 -0400 Original-Received: from ironport2-out.teksavvy.com ([206.248.154.181]:30186 helo=ironport2-out.pppoe.ca) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Q5Iyh-000534-FT; Thu, 31 Mar 2011 10:36:03 -0400 X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: AvsEABqQlE1FxLZM/2dsb2JhbAClTHiIebYUhWsEliU X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.63,275,1299474000"; d="scan'208";a="98781218" Original-Received: from 69-196-182-76.dsl.teksavvy.com (HELO ceviche.home) ([69.196.182.76]) by ironport2-out.pppoe.ca with ESMTP/TLS/ADH-AES256-SHA; 31 Mar 2011 10:36:01 -0400 Original-Received: by ceviche.home (Postfix, from userid 20848) id ADBFF660C7; Thu, 31 Mar 2011 10:36:01 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: <7bhbakmgke.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> (Glenn Morris's message of "Wed, 30 Mar 2011 17:41:53 -0400") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.0.50 (gnu/linux) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-Received-From: 206.248.154.181 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:137946 Archived-At: >> 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. But install-sh is not versioned any more. Stefan