Re: Files in build-aux

[Eli Zaretskii]

> Date: Tue, 04 May 2021 14:40:07 +0300
> From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
> Cc: eric@ericabrahamsen.net, p.stephani2@gmail.com, schwab@linux-m68k.org,
>  emacs-devel@gnu.org
> 
> > Looks like it's autoreconf in autogen.sh:258. If I run
> > 
> >     autoreconf -fi -I m4
> > 
> > it updates the two files. I'm using autoconf 2.71.
> 
> So I guess we need to look for autoreconf switches that prevent it
> from updating these files, and use them in our builds?

I don't see such switches.  It looks like this is a "feature", and
cannot be turned off.  It is triggered by the -f command-line option.
Unless we can do without -f, someone should talk to Autoconf
developers and ask them for a workaround.

Alternatively, downgrade to an older Autoconf.