On Tue, 28 Jan 2014, Andreas Schwab wrote: > Hans-Peter Nilsson <h...@bitrange.com> writes: > > > See is_release in that same configure.ac, that might be the only > > additional condition that's needed. > > is_release only distinguishes a release from a snapshot, but does not > say anything whether its a tarball or a VC checkout (ie. is_release=yes > is also possible in a VC checkout).
That difference seems unimportant, at least lesser than a simple means to avoid the missing-flex gotcha and the we-wont-need-it gotcha. But anyhoo, I'll leave it to you to provide a better alternative. brgds, H-P
