Re: [Groff] Tiny make patch: avoid Netpbm dependency

[Steffen Nurpmeso]

hey,

Ralph Corderoy <address@hidden> wrote:
 |Hi Steffen,
 |
 |> Then `configure' only needs to change when something changes, like
 |> adding perl(1) detection or similar.
 |
 |It can also change due to different versions of autoconf being used by
 |developers;  the same functionality represented by differing expansions
 |of the macros.  Alternating commits by two developers then cause a back
 |and forth change to keep being checked in unless they make an effort to
 |commit `what's changed but not configure', and that relies on them not
 |making a mistake and forgetting that configure has a functional change
 |just this time.

ah yes, i think you describe my problem very well.
(But you really wouldn't have liked the complete original message
of mine, it was _much_ longer. :)

--steffen