On Sun, Mar 23, 2008 at 7:27 AM, John Calcote <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Thanks, but the problem with this solution is that I would have to > > rerun the .configure step each time. Forgetting to do that is as as > > easy as forgetting to edit the spec file.
How do you know that you've committed all your local changes before typing 'make'? At my previous job I made that mistake so often that in the end I resorted to brute force: I added calls to "cvs stat" and "cvs diff -Nup" to the script that made the release ZIP archives. > Don't take this wrong - I totally believe you. But, I'm trying to figure > out why this has never been a problem for me. Maybe it's idiosyncratic and you're immune to this particular act of forgetfulness?