On 13/04/13 14:52, Werner LEMBERG wrote:
I ran `autoconf'. There was a subdirectory `autom4te.cache/'
created. First I just deleted it.
This is correct.
Then I learned that `autoreconf' is the better `autoconf' because it
automatically calls all necessary `autotools'. But `autoreconf' also
creates the subdirectory `autom4te.cache/'. I learned that this
subdirectory is used by the tool `autom4te', which is used internally
by many `autotols'.
So I think I should add this to the groff CVS.
Certainly not!
Agreed. autom4te.cache should *never*, under any circumstances, be
committed into a CVS (nor indeed, any other type of SCM) repository;
isn't it already enumerated in .cvsignore, to make this clear?
Any comments?
This directory and its contents is *always* intermediate! It just
speeds up the execution of the autoconf tools. Actually, the
`configure' script itself shouldn't be stored in the repository but
generated during a `make tarball' call...
Some projects do commit configure, others don't. IMO, it is better if
it is *not* committed, but IIRC it has been there, in groff's CVS, for
as long as I've been associated with the project. I would be in favour
of removing it now...
Please remove it again.
I second that. What a pity that it ever got committed, to pollute the
repository for evermore, albeit with only a fleeting appearance.
--
Regards,
Keith.
