bug#14528: remake-configure-dependencies test fails on fast systems without subsecond timestamps

2013-06-01 Thread Colin Watson
x remake-configure-dependencies: exit 2 I think perhaps a sprinkling of $sleep is called for in this test? Thanks, -- Colin Watson [cjwat...@ubuntu.com]

bug#14528: remake-configure-dependencies test fails on fast systems without subsecond timestamps

2013-06-03 Thread Colin Watson
t; the patch below for an extended rationale). > > Can you confirm the patch works for you? Before this patch, I got 32 passes from 100 runs; after this patch, I get 100 passes from 100 runs. So it looks good to me. Thanks, -- Colin Watson [cjwat...@ubuntu.com]

Translated manual pages

2007-10-17 Thread Colin Watson
other way, maybe by making the generated pages be configure output files instead): ## Copyright (C) 1994, 1995 Graeme Wilford. ## Copyright (C) 2001, 2002, 2003, 2007 Colin Watson. ## Much of the following is based on automake/lib/am/mans.am, which is: ## Copyright (C) 1998, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2006

aclocal.m4 not regenerated when Makefile.am changes

2008-02-17 Thread Colin Watson
out of Makefile.am à la autoreconf ... Thanks, -- Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED]

'nonemtpy' typo in lib/am/tags.am

2008-02-17 Thread Colin Watson
The attached patch fixes a typo I happened to notice while upgrading man-db to Automake 1.10.1. Thanks, -- Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED] diff --git a/lib/am/tags.am b/lib/am/tags.am index 5383e0d..d279b19 100644 --- a/lib/am/tags.am +++ b/lib/am/tags.am

Re: aclocal.m4 not regenerated when Makefile.am changes

2008-02-17 Thread Colin Watson
On Sun, Feb 17, 2008 at 06:48:07PM +0100, Ralf Wildenhues wrote: > * Colin Watson wrote on Sun, Feb 17, 2008 at 04:23:32PM CET: > > In a fresh unpacked copy of > > http://download.savannah.nongnu.org/releases/man-db/man-db-2.5.1.tar.gz: > > > > $ touch Make

Re: Serial number formats

2009-03-16 Thread Colin Watson
On Tue, Mar 17, 2009 at 01:14:33AM +0100, Bruno Haible wrote: > Colin Watson wrote: > > I would find it more elegant to install all the files separately and > > have a defined ordering between them > > It may work for you. For the general developer, I think it opens too >