[PATCH] Remove configure checks for and automatic running of autoconf

[Joseph S. Myers]

On Wed, 16 Oct 2013, Allan McRae wrote:

> These checks used to be run when using --with-cvs but were left in
> when that option was removed.  Remove these checks as regeneration
> of the configure file should be consciously performed.  This also
> stops the generation of autom4te.cache in the source directory
> while building, allowing the relevant entry to be removed from
> .gitignore.

Please don't remove the Makefile rules for regenerating configure scripts.  
It should be possible to use "make" to regenerate any generated file in 
the source tree, ideally.  The makefile rules are what defines the correct 
commands and options to use for regeneration; nothing else does.

The only problem is the modification of the source tree *when the scripts 
and their timestamps are up to date*.

-- 
Joseph S. Myers
joseph@codesourcery.com