On 4/4/24 3:24 AM, Colin Watson wrote: > Yeah, I know of gnulib-cache.m4. However, IMO there's no reason to drop > down to that level when the bootstrap script is in use, because > bootstrap generates gnulib-cache.m4. Also, ./bootstrap typically does a > bit more, sometimes including extra package-specific hooks defined in > bootstrap.conf that can't be expressed in gnulib-cache.m4.
Ah, you're right I forgot about the custom ./bootstrap hooks. In any case, gnulib-tool should add gnulib-cache.m4 to EXTRA_DIST. So you have it as a backup if you ever need it. Collin