On 2025-09-10 17:56:22 -0400, Zack Weinberg wrote: > This couldn't be the default, because it'd involve talking to the > network, but what about a mode where it retrieves the latest version of > each file that is frequently updated, directly from its official VCS > source? As well as texinfo.tex, I know this would be useful for > config.sub and config.guess at least.
I don't think that this is a good idea, in particular if the files are not signed (and for texinfo.tex, the user might not want to use an unstable version). I would rather expect the user to download the files and put them at some location, with some manual checking. Then automake should have a way to pick them. -- Vincent Lefèvre <[email protected]> - Web: <https://www.vinc17.net/> 100% accessible validated (X)HTML - Blog: <https://www.vinc17.net/blog/> Work: CR INRIA - computer arithmetic / Pascaline project (LIP, ENS-Lyon)
