Re: Problem with a package running "configure"

["Nelson A. de Oliveira" <n3150nao@bol.com.br>]

Ben Finney wrote:
>>depend.mk~
>>filelist.mk~
>>modules.mk~
> 
> Why are they named this way? A filename with a trailing tilde ('~') is
> a common convention for a temporary backup file that can be deleted.

Upstream author made it like this... I don't know why. :-/

> I don't know which tool in particular is doing this, but I highly
> advise that you don't use that naming scheme for non-junk files
> because of the existing convention.

Right. I will contact upstream and tell him to change this.

Thank you very much people! :-)

Cheers
Nelson