>>> "Tom" == Tom Howard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
[...] Tom> Dang. The AC_CONFIG_FILES technique is much nicer (less Tom> files to change). Are there some bad side effects of Tom> using Tom> touch fragment.mk && autoreconf Tom> that I'm not aware of? It's bad to overwrite a file that you distribute. [...] Tom> Basically they add make targets to automate stuff like Tom> committing to cvs (creates a template ChangeLog entry for Tom> you and uses it for the commit log), making a release Tom> (adds appropriate ChangeLog entry, tags it in cvs, and Tom> updates the version number), make rpms (creates the files Tom> list for the spec file for you and converts the ChangeLog Tom> to a suitable format for the spec file, before creating Tom> the actual rpm), etc. How does this things require the Makefile fragment to be generated? IOW, why not simply `include common-rules.mk'? -- Alexandre Duret-Lutz
