On Wed, Feb 18, 2026, at 1:56 PM, pluto--- via Bug reports for autoconf wrote: > "Zack Weinberg" <[email protected]> wrote: > >> ... When building from a git checkout, the build scripts (not >> just the bootstrap script) inspect the git *history* to determine >> Autoconf's own version number, and that doesn't work with a shallow >> clone. > > Is this something that could/should be fixed someday? I'm thinking > of something along the lines of > > if // in a git checkout, but there is no history > then // fetch the history from the remote repo > fi
I'd be reluctant to make build operations talk to the network, even in rare circumstances (perhaps _especially_ in rare circumstances). zw
