On Sat, Nov 16, 2024 at 09:05:25PM +0000, Gavin Smith wrote: > > Maybe it could be a good idea to have ./autogen.sh regenerate it? > > I've done this and also tracked the file in git to facilitate > any updates.
I think that it is indeed best, especially for git branches switching, in case the test files are different for different branches. The downside is that if tar is different from the tar that generated the tarball and the tarball is different even though it contains the same information it will lead to spurious differences in git. I have no idea to what extent different tar give byte-compatible output. Most developpers will be using a recent GNU tar, but we do not know for sure. -- Pat
