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From: ludo@gnu.org (Ludovic =?utf-8?Q?Court=C3=A8s?=)
Subject: Re: [PATCH] distro: automake: Update to 1.12.6
Date: Thu, 03 Jan 2013 15:44:30 +0100
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To: Andreas Enge <andreas@enge.fr>
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Andreas Enge <andreas@enge.fr> skribis:

> Am Sonntag, 30. Dezember 2012 schrieb Ludovic Court=C3=A8s:
>> Andreas Enge <andreas@enge.fr> skribis:
>> > A tiny update to core-updates.
>> It=E2=80=99s OK for master since it doesn=E2=80=99t trigger a rebuild of=
 the core tools.
>
> That is surprising; should automake not be an implicit input for all=20
> packages using the gnu build system?

No: Autoconf/Automake/Libtool have the advantage of /not/ being
prerequisites for building packages that use them.

Thanks,
Ludo=E2=80=99.