On Tue, 12 Feb 2008, Karl Berry wrote:
(I can't see that the config.* files are ever modified either.)
grep, like all GNU packages, should use the latest released config.*
files whenever a new distribution is made. Ditto texinfo.tex.
Fair point.
Sorry, I can't exhume it now. This was years ago, and no particularly
useful conclusion was reached anyway (that I recall).
That's a pity. This sort of hacking around bugs really needs to be sorted
out. My solution would be to stick with whatever files are shipped with
the autotools, but I can see how that's not great for official GNU packages.
Since I'm in the process of overseeing the contribution of a new program to
GNU, this will soon become an issue for me, so I'm glad to have been made
aware of it.
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