Follow-up Comment #2, sr #110417 (project autoconf): Yes, you can write a patch to add a way to tell `sub update_file` not to create backup files, and then wire that up to command line options in each of the programs that use `update_file`. You need to start by patching *Automake*, because the file that defines `update_file` is shared between the two projects. Once your patch is committed in Automake, then you write a second patch to update Autoconf's copy of FileUtils.pm and add the command line options to Autoconf's programs.
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