Hello Micah,

* Micah Cowan wrote on Sat, Oct 06, 2007 at 12:04:53AM CEST:
> Ralf Wildenhues wrote:
> > Remove all files that will be installed/governed by automake:
> > (We keep deprecated mkinstalldirs for now, as po/Makefile.in.in still
> > uses it.  We keep config.rpath until the switch to a newer gettext
> > infrastructure.)
> > 
> > svn remove config.guess config.sub install-sh doc/version.texi
> 
> As to the first three of these; wouldn't it be better to update them
> _once_, and then not use --force as part of the autoreconf stuff? I
> thought --force was for the occasion when you want to refresh a few
> things, and not for habitual use?

Sure.  But without --force, files installed by automake, such as
install-sh, missing, config.guess etc., will not be updated.  The
rationale for this behavior is to allow for local changes to these
files to be preserved.  But yes, it is a free choice of yours to
make, both approaches are viable.

> I'll probably remove autogen.sh altogether, and just replace its use in
> the instructions with autoreconf. And yes, configure.in will be renamed
> to configure.ac

Fine with me.  Should I post updated patches for all of these
modifications?

Cheers,
Ralf

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