* Eli Zaretskii wrote on Wed, Jul 20, 2011 at 07:51:08PM CEST: > > Date: Wed, 20 Jul 2011 10:23:32 -0700 > > From: Paul Eggert <egg...@cs.ucla.edu> > > CC: Ralf Wildenhues <ralf.wildenh...@gmx.de>, 9...@debbugs.gnu.org, > > bug-gnulib@gnu.org > > > > On 07/20/11 01:48, Eli Zaretskii wrote: > > >> You need a separate stamp file to avoid this. > > > Or use move-if-change with config.status. > > > > That might be better, but it'd need a separate timestamp file, no? > > Probably, sigh. (I hate Makefile's that run configure for me.)
I guess I don't understand why everyone hates stamp files.[1] The config.h rule (among others) has been using one for years, and the last time I've heard complaints or bug reports about it has been years also. Cheers, Ralf [1] Of course they're not clean and pure and all that, but hey, you wouldn't be using autoconf in the first place if you cared.
