Re: [PATCH] gnu: vcftools: Update to 0.1.14.

[Roel Janssen]

0001-gnu-vcftools-Update-to-0.1.14.patch
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Dear Alex,

Thank you for your quick response.

Alex Kost writes:

> Roel Janssen (2016-04-04 15:12 +0300) wrote:
>
>> Dear Guix,
>>
>> I would like to update 'vcftools' to 0.1.14 (the latest release).
>> The project now uses Autotools, so the configure phase should be run.
>> In addition to that, I had to run autogen.sh to generate a configure
>> script.
>
> It happens because you use a source code "snapshot":
>
>   https://github.com/vcftools/vcftools/archive/v0.1.14.tar.gz
>
> Such things never contain "configure".  But look at:
>
>   https://github.com/vcftools/vcftools/releases
>
> There is a real release (made with "make dist"):
>
>   
> https://github.com/vcftools/vcftools/releases/download/v0.1.14/vcftools-0.1.14.tar.gz
>
> It contains all the required stuff, so there is no need to use autotools
> and to run "autogen.sh".

I hadn't noticed the real release file.
It also seems that the manpage is installed correctly by default now, so
I removed the substitution.

The new patch is cleaner.

Kind regards,
Roel Janssen