Re: CVS, Makefile.in, and other cruft
On Thu, Nov 18, 1999 at 09:53:11PM -0500, Itai Zukerman wrote:
> 1. The source archive contains CVS subdirectories.
>
> Should I remove these before building? Does it matter?
It does not matter (unless you use CVS to handle your packages).
> 2. The source archive does not come with a Makefile, only a
> Makefile.in; autoconf must be run before make.
>
> Is autoconf assumed present for building?
No, unless you declare a build-time dependency.
> Is there some policy about this?
No. Do whatever you feel is right.
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