[PATCH] fix datarootdir warnings by autoconf 2.61

Andreas Ericsson ae at op5.se
Wed Jun 10 10:21:14 CEST 2009


Ton Voon wrote:
> Hi Hendrik,
> 
> On 30 May 2009, at 20:39, Hendrik Baecker wrote:
> 
>> After upgrading from autoconf 2.59 to 2.61 a new
>> option was givven: --datarootdir
>> The datarootdir replaces the old htmldir/datadir in
>> subst.in and Makefile.in files.
>>
>> This patch fixes some minor makefile cleanups for the new t-tap
>> directory. A 'make distclean' will result in a really clean
>> directory.
> 
> I've applied the t-tap cleanups - thanks.
> 
> I haven't applied the datarootdir option. I'm not sure what we are  
> doing regarding autoconf and other dev tools.
> 
> Ethan, Andreas, any thoughts? For the plugins, we list the developer  
> requirements and we do not commit any files that are auto generated.
> 

I agree 100% with not committing autogenerated files. Such files should
ofcourse be included in releases, but having them in the repo is just so
much dead weight.

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