| Akim Demaille writes:
| > Peter> The reason (which is documented somewhere in the auto* manuals)
| >
| > I don't know where.
|
| autoconf.texi
|
| @node Automatic Remaking, , Build Directories, Makefile Substitutions
| @subsection Automatic Remaking
|
| [snip]
|
| The @file{stamp-} files are necessary because the timestamps of
| @file{config.h.in} and @file{config.h} will not be changed if remaking
| them does not change their contents. This feature avoids unnecessary
| recompilation. You should include the file @file{stamp-h.in} your
| package's distribution, so @code{make} will consider @file{config.h.in}
| up to date. On some old @sc{bsd} systems, @code{touch} or any command
| that results in an empty file does not update the timestamps, so use a
| command like @code{echo} as a workaround.
Thanks!
Do you people think we should continue explaining how to do things
without Automake?
