[radvd-devel-l] configure script

Pekka Savola pekkas at netcore.fi
Mon Dec 13 06:44:02 EST 2010


On Fri, 10 Dec 2010, Reuben Hawkins wrote:
> Is there a reason why the configure script is not included in CVS?
> Each time I download the code I must...
>
> $ autoreconf -vif
>
> ...before building.  This also adds a dependency on autotools which
> isn't really needed to run a configure script.

I haven't wanted to track it in CVS, and based on looking at some 
other packages (quite a few years ago), I thought it was typical to 
keep it out from CVS as it's generated for distribution.  I could be 
convinced otherwise if it's common practise to include it in CVS.

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