[radvd-devel-l] configure script

[Pierre Ossman]

On Mon, 13 Dec 2010 13:44:02 +0200 (EET)
Pekka Savola <pekkas at netcore.fi> wrote:

> 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.
> 

I'd vote against it. The general principle is that generated content
should never be checked in. Off the top of my head I can't name any
other project that has such things checked in.

There are even a few files in CVS right now that shouldn't be there
(e.g. config.*, depcomp, install-sh).

Rgds

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