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Re: Use of automake & friends vs. just running configure



On Wed, 2004-09-08 at 02:02 -0400, Joey Hess wrote:

> Scott James Remnant wrote:
> > So when a user does, for whatever reason, end up changing Makefile.am
> > (they might be applying a patch, or just muddling about) they *don't*
> > have this developer knowledge so wouldn't get a dependable build.
> 
> Surely the same reasoning could be applied to a Debian user muddling in
> a Debian source package, so are you suggesting we not turn on
> AM_MAINTAINER_MODE there?
> 
Indeed.  Though we get bitten by timestamp skew :-/ which if expected
*is* a valid reason for it.

Scott
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