From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Chris Marusich Subject: Re: [PATCHES] gnu: linux-libre: Update to 4.16 Date: Sun, 08 Apr 2018 17:35:01 -0700 Message-ID: <878t9xnrnu.fsf@gmail.com> References: <87fu467tkb.fsf@netris.org> <20180407210616.GA4069@jasmine.lan> <87k1ticxl7.fsf@netris.org> <87zi2dsp7y.fsf@netris.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="=-=-="; micalg=pgp-sha256; protocol="application/pgp-signature" Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:54330) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1f5Km7-0003s7-Eb for guix-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 08 Apr 2018 20:35:12 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1f5Km4-00089N-Be for guix-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 08 Apr 2018 20:35:11 -0400 Received: from mail-pl0-x22c.google.com ([2607:f8b0:400e:c01::22c]:34915) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1f5Km4-000891-4I for guix-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 08 Apr 2018 20:35:08 -0400 Received: by mail-pl0-x22c.google.com with SMTP id 61-v6so4084894plb.2 for ; Sun, 08 Apr 2018 17:35:08 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <87zi2dsp7y.fsf@netris.org> (Mark H. Weaver's message of "Sun, 08 Apr 2018 11:16:33 -0400") List-Id: "Development of GNU Guix and the GNU System distribution." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: guix-devel-bounces+gcggd-guix-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: "Guix-devel" To: Mark H Weaver Cc: guix-devel --=-=-= Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Mark H Weaver writes: > So, we still have a decision to make: whether to delete these generated > files (possibly in a snippet) to avoid using pre-generated non-source > files in our build. I would be in favor of it. > > I'd like to hear opinions on this. Perhaps we can consider our existing packages as a precedent. Many packages include files in their source distribution that were auto-generated by the Autotools. For example, consider the "configure" script that Autoconf generates. Is there a significant difference between the "configure" script and the "pre-generated non-source files" you're talking about? =2D-=20 Chris --=-=-= Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQIzBAEBCAAdFiEEy/WXVcvn5+/vGD+x3UCaFdgiRp0FAlrKtTYACgkQ3UCaFdgi Rp3sZBAAykIPqJnhQzNc9ja+r9FFY3o7Ry63Ob3eQnkyJm2VSgJ+PMeTQMBoMx1M zOniiP1XOz2iI5AE5FPlm1kiIRXT35aVX+0pbTf61WN24GPUc/vy5x6yendqV627 kXWrxqcMMtonXMXTKNOAdtyVoYpqg7x5PQBrpKzDqfHoOjvBSoLNj4ijL1318T3R TxUBStn9GB9I4In1sp2I0iSDkriS4cmvmI8DZY+rwNKeZm1HFAEXgSlCkCdn8SQ7 rI5K2M5eh7SQUEEYeH7QQIxZVtZLAfqFMLE7cE6VyxP7vrlgKgdT/xft/ALQryzq /lUXFVQm1X5hz+aDjTGPMljAu26gtZG6gotLxutyVueg+BbSPyY0iAXQUB5sS2e8 XGV+/8KNZqWzOUDe6r8+0hNe6L8loJ8tQsJoUp5bAWk5x1xivmlDDNR39ngrzt8z lxwQteQdy3A8HSwNqXzvQJUMyGrfy71CZ8vXrjRlL7/rw2E4QmQzD4JFYQBU1U2v jpt3lZ5UpBM7DyUfAew+T7263HlAy+ks8+yJKdeDZmuw3JbneLbbOAHIp8X7E3Yl 50ZR7vyVRoWpEQZ8X/pHuBbwvwVqDKOZr5u812xJ5EOE36b/Yhsetqm1M3CFTB50 eDXnQhE4biXlnuNu9CEXIyO//NGAHdg1odo4NBRlwN3cMbTgYpU= =bKIi -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-=-=--