[issue28507] Regenerate ./configure on the default branch

2017-10-13 Thread Дилян Палаузов
Дилян Палаузов added the comment: For the record, on master runstatedir was added on 7th September 2017, removed on 5th September, added on 29 June, removed on 9th June, added on 14th April, removed on 6th December 2016 and 10th October in two branches, added on 13th September... The history

[issue28507] Regenerate ./configure on the default branch

2016-10-22 Thread Chi Hsuan Yen
Chi Hsuan Yen added the comment: Thanks. Sorry for not reading devguide carefully. -- ___ Python tracker ___ ___ Python-bugs-list mail

[issue28507] Regenerate ./configure on the default branch

2016-10-22 Thread Ned Deily
Ned Deily added the comment: https://docs.python.org/devguide/faq.html#how-do-i-regenerate-configure -- ___ Python tracker ___ ___ Pyt

[issue28507] Regenerate ./configure on the default branch

2016-10-22 Thread Chi Hsuan Yen
Chi Hsuan Yen added the comment: Well, I remember someone asked me to include ./configure in patches. Maybe it's worth to add a comment in devguide. -- ___ Python tracker ___ __

[issue28507] Regenerate ./configure on the default branch

2016-10-22 Thread Ned Deily
Ned Deily added the comment: That's why we suggest to not include configure changes in a patch, only configure.ac changes. It's the responsibility of the patch committer to ensure that generated files like configure are updated properly at commit time. But, yes, it would be better to not have

[issue28507] Regenerate ./configure on the default branch

2016-10-22 Thread Chi Hsuan Yen
Chi Hsuan Yen added the comment: Thanks for the fast response. My main point is not that would affect users who compile from tarballs. The point is that if I modify configure.ac on the default branch, I can't generate a patch that applies to the default branch cleanly; there are always --runst

[issue28507] Regenerate ./configure on the default branch

2016-10-22 Thread Ned Deily
Ned Deily added the comment: Don't worry about it. We will take care of it as necessary when we release. -- resolution: -> later stage: -> resolved status: open -> closed ___ Python tracker __

[issue28507] Regenerate ./configure on the default branch

2016-10-22 Thread Chi Hsuan Yen
New submission from Chi Hsuan Yen: In 0ea088671bc2 and 3ce29b2452f0, --runstatedir was added to ./configure. Seems Benjamin uses a slightly different version of autoconf than 2.69. As a result, modifying ./configure.ac leads to unrelated changes in ./configure. Later in 17bd5239b886, this opti