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Re: Using automake to install config.sub and config.guess: msg#00032

sysutils.automake.general

Subject: Re: Using automake to install config.sub and config.guess

>>> "Ralf" == Ralf Corsepius <rc040203@xxxxxxxxxx> writes:

[...]

>> There is a fix for this bug in CVS. Automake 1.9.1 will update
>> these files on such incantation.

Ralf> Could you elaborate on which conditions exactly, automake-1.9.1 will
Ralf> update config.guess and config.sub and how this will influence
Ralf> autoreconf?

Like I said, nothing has changed. It was a hasty reply.

Ralf> Note that they must not be unconditionally updated, because packages may
Ralf> be using customized config.guess's and config.sub's.

Existing file are only overwritten when you supply `--force-missing'.
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Alexandre Duret-Lutz






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