Re: [Bug-vc-dwim] vc-chlog vs two-word function name like "operator delete"

[Jim Meyering]

Ralf Wildenhues wrote:

> Hi Jim,
>
> * Jim Meyering wrote on Wed, Mar 09, 2011 at 11:48:13AM CET:
>> Ralf Wildenhues wrote:
>> > * Jim Meyering wrote on Tue, Mar 08, 2011 at 07:59:02AM CET:
>> >> If anything, I am inclined to remove ChangeLog from VC.  WDYT?).
>> >
>> > That's fine with me, as long as it is generated for the distribution
>> > tarball.
>>
>> Good.  I've done this:
>
>> Subject: [PATCH 1/2] don't version-control ChangeLog.  instead,
>> generate it into tarball
>>
>> * Makefile.am (gen-ChangeLog): New target.
>> (dist-hook): Depend on it.
>> * ChangeLog-2011: Rename from ChangeLog.
>> * ChangeLog: Remove file.
>> * .gitignore: Ignore more.
>
> Thanks.
>
> For me, bootstrap fails with
>
> $ automake
> Makefile.am: error: required file `./ChangeLog' not found
>
> Is that just a bootstrap bootstrapping problem, easily worked around
> with 'touch ChangeLog'?

Hi Ralf,

Running bootstrap works fine for me.
(just tried it from a clean clone)
Did you really run bootstrap?

It does precisely that:

    $ tail -2 bootstrap.conf
    # Automake requires that ChangeLog exist.
    touch ChangeLog