>>>>> "Russ" == Russ Allbery <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Russ> [ rebuild rules ] Russ> It just breaks everything. That's too extreme. Russ> I say this largely as a user who compiles hundreds of packages Russ> that use autoconf and automake. I have *never* been helped by Russ> these Makefile rules, and I've had them completely destroy the Russ> buildability package and eat themselves on frequent occasions. My experience is that sometimes the rules are a pain and sometimes they are very convenient. It depends a lot on the environment in which I'm working. For projects where we use CVS and check in configure and other generated files, I advocate AM_MAINTAINER_MODE. That way you don't get surprises. Then I personally will configure with --enable-maintainer-mode if I'm sure I have the right versions when I work with that project. For projects where we don't check in configure, then I tend not to use AM_MAINTAINER_MODE. For projects I get as a tarball, I don't care, since I probably won't touch the auto* inputs anyway. Tom
