On Wed, 2008-10-15 at 09:52 +0200, Enrico Scholz wrote:
Braden McDaniel braden@endoframe.com writes:
Not ACK. Patching auto-tools sources and generated files is always preferred, because only this guarantees deterministic builds.
"and"? If you're patching both the sources *and* the generated files, couldn't you wind up in a situation where the source is newer than the generated files (i.e., the source gets patched after the generated file)?
Use 'touch --reference' and submit an patch to upstream which adds 'AM_MAINTAINER_MODE' to configure.ac.
Many maintainers have made a conscious choice not to use that macro. I know I have.