Hello, * Eric Blake wrote on Fri, Dec 14, 2007 at 04:04:20PM CET: > > AC_INIT([GNU Autoconf], > m4_esyscmd([build-aux/git-version-gen . .version]), > [EMAIL PROTECTED]) [...] > One thing to be aware of is build > dependencies [...] > Therefore, autoconf also has a GNUMakefile that guarantees that when > 'make dist' is run, that the version is updated correctly, while avoiding > recompilation due to version changes during normal development. > > And yes, we could probably document these tricks better in the manual.
Maybe, but the canonical (Automake-centric) answer to this is not a GNUmakefile but CONFIGURE_DEPENDENCIES, see <http://sources.redhat.com/automake/automake.html#Rebuilding>. Cheers, Ralf _______________________________________________ Autoconf mailing list Autoconf@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/autoconf
