Re: Don't distribute auto*tools output; do distribute autoreconf input

2012-05-16 Thread Ralf Corsepius
On 05/10/2012 09:14 PM, Paul Elliott wrote: I want the people that receive my tarball to do autoreconf. Their system's autoconf-archive may be more up-to date than mine. This is a pretty questionable approach. In particular, this way, * you are forcing your users to install sufficiently compat

Re: Don't distribute auto*tools output; do distribute autoreconf input

2012-05-10 Thread Eric Blake
On 05/10/2012 01:14 PM, Paul Elliott wrote: > > I want the people that receive my tarball to do autoreconf. Their system's > autoconf-archive may be more up-to date than mine. > > What is the best way to tell automake not to distribute (i.e. put in > tarball), > all the files created by autore

Don't distribute auto*tools output;do distribute autoreconf input

2012-05-10 Thread Paul Elliott
I want the people that receive my tarball to do autoreconf. Their system's autoconf-archive may be more up-to date than mine. What is the best way to tell automake not to distribute (i.e. put in tarball), all the files created by autoreconf, ./configure? I especially do not want to distribute