BFD and automake problem

[Alan Modra]

On Fri, Mar 19, 2004 at 09:59:15AM +0000, Stubbs, Andrew wrote:
> When I come to submit my patches - not too long now - I will want to
> patch Makefile.am. This isn't a problem, but it does mean I would also
> have to alter Makefile.in which I am finding slightly more problematic.
> Should I just do 'make dep-in' or run automake and sumbit a slightly
> larger diff than I would like?

You shouldn't include generated files in patches.  Just mention them in
the ChangeLog.  Differing autotools are really only a problem for people
who commit their own patches.

> P.S. make dep in gas doesn't work at all unless I remove all the gas/..
> from the absolute paths in dep.sed. At least I'm not having any trouble
> with automake.

I tend to only use "make dep-am", so haven't noticed anything amiss
with 'make dep".

-- 
Alan Modra
IBM OzLabs - Linux Technology Centre