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[Bug-gsl] autogen.sh overwrites file INSTALL
From: |
Peter Johansson |
Subject: |
[Bug-gsl] autogen.sh overwrites file INSTALL |
Date: |
Thu, 10 Jun 2010 22:16:58 -0400 |
User-agent: |
Thunderbird 2.0.0.19 (X11/20090105) |
Hi,
I noticed that when I run `./autogen.sh' it will run delete the file
`INSTALL' and instead create a link to
`/usr/local/share/automake-1.11/INSTALL'. This is because automake is
run with '--foce-missing'. If I instead run 'autoreconf -ivf' as
recommended by autogen.sh, the same thing happens: the INSTALL file is
replaced by a link to...
I understand the --force option is desired in order to avoid missing
upgrades of other automake provided files such as the script missing. On
the other hand, the current behavior is a bit annoying as it took me
some time to get back the INSTALL file (not very familiar with git:( ),
and I figure the risk that the generic FSF INSTALL goes into a release
tarball rather than GSL's INSTALL is quite significant.
AFAIK there is no option in Automake to '--install' only some files and
not, e.g., `INSTALL'. The simplest solution, IMVHO, would be to rename
the file INSTALL and distribute both this renamed file together with the
generic INSTALL. But it's likely that the Automake people have a better
solution.
Thanks,
Peter
--
Peter Johansson
svndigest maintainer, http://dev.thep.lu.se/svndigest
yat maintainer, http://dev.thep.lu.se/yat
- [Bug-gsl] autogen.sh overwrites file INSTALL,
Peter Johansson <=