[adding bug-m4]
On 06/26/2012 05:23 AM, Stefano Lattarini wrote:
>>> I'm almost inclined not to do so, to force the affected
>>> projects' broken setup to be fixed; i.e., if you are using Automake 1.11,
>>> you let it install the correct 'missing' program, instead of forcing it
>>> to use the 'mi
On 06/26/2012 05:37 PM, Eric Blake wrote:
> [adding bug-m4]
>
> On 06/26/2012 05:23 AM, Stefano Lattarini wrote:
>
I'm almost inclined not to do so, to force the affected
projects' broken setup to be fixed; i.e., if you are using Automake 1.11,
you let it install the correct 'missi
Eric Blake wrote:
> > Any idea for a simple solution to this problem?
>
> Aren't there timestamps in the auxiliary scripts for a reason? If a
> script is updated as part of a new automake release, can't automake
> insert some sanity checks to see if the currently-installed scripts have
> too old
On 06/26/2012 12:04 PM, Bruno Haible wrote:
> Eric Blake wrote:
>>> Any idea for a simple solution to this problem?
>>
>> Aren't there timestamps in the auxiliary scripts for a reason? If a
>> script is updated as part of a new automake release, can't automake
>> insert some sanity checks to see i
On 06/26/2012 10:15 AM, Stefano Lattarini wrote:
> What about this: since the great majority of the packages out there do
> not seem to override nor patch the Automake-provided auxiliary scripts,
> we could just make automake always reinstall such scripts by default;
> and allow the users to mark
On 06/26/2012 11:26 AM, Stefano Lattarini wrote:
> On 06/26/2012 06:40 PM, Eric Blake wrote:
>> Commit a22717dffe3 removed the --run argument, since our new preferred
>> calling conventions now imply it; but if a newer 'missing' is mixed
>> with an already built project that used an older Automake
Hi Eric.
On 06/26/2012 06:29 PM, Eric Blake wrote:
> On 06/26/2012 10:15 AM, Stefano Lattarini wrote:
>
>> What about this: since the great majority of the packages out there do
>> not seem to override nor patch the Automake-provided auxiliary scripts,
>> we could just make automake always reinsta