Eric Blake wrote: > Actually, it is very common to get conflicts in generated files, when the > version of the generator is different between the person who checked into > cvs vs. the person doing the build (for example autoconf 2.59 vs 2.59c). > That's why so many projects try to avoid generated files in CVS, and > instead have a huge bootstrap script that requires a user to install > prerequisite generator tools.
Certainly differences in autotools versions will cause conflicts in generated files. But I guess the point I was trying to convey was that in such cases where generated files like 'configure' are stored in CVS, in almost all casual usage patterns (i.e. checking out the source just to build the package or perhaps make minor changes) the checked out copy will be used without needing to be rebuilt. It is only the developer who actually modifies a configure.ac or similar input file that would ever set the stage for a conflict in a generated file, and this type of change is comparitively rare -- certainly not something that I would expect from the OP who stated that he has yet to successfully build the package at all. Brian _______________________________________________ Bug-coreutils mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-coreutils
