Re: reconfigure question.
"R. Diez via Newlib" <[email protected]>
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> If I do autoreconf on a clean newlib repo, it will generate configure files that differ quite a lot from the ones that are committed. > Is that expected? > > My problem is that if I make a change to any configure.ac file, and do a reconfigure, then the patch I want to submit will include changes that I have not made... > > Sorry for stupid questions, but I'd rather ask a stupid question than submit a patch that will give you guys uneccessary work. It is not a stupid question. The main problem is that it is bad practice to check into the source code repository autotools-generated files. Such files permanently cause head scratching among occasional Newlib developers, which is bad enough. Depending on the autotools version you have, the files may look different. The confusion has even led some guys to manually change the generated files and not the autotools files which generate them. Because many unrelated files are flagged as "changed", many people hide them when working in Newlib, and then seasoned developers too forget every now and then to update the generated files, breaking the build for everybody else. This issue has been discussed in this mailing list in the past. Regards, rdiez