Re: [PATCH] update automake version to 1.11.6

H.J. Lu
2015-03-23T20:29:03Z

On Mon, Mar 23, 2015 at 1:21 PM, Cary Coutant <ccoutant@google.com> wrote:
>> I personally do verify the changes in the configure files,
>> for instance, and ask myself whether each hunk I see makes sense
>> to me or not. Seeing unrelated changes because others used a different
>> version makes that process a little harder (and, most of the time,
>> I'll just start over, and push a patch that first regenerates the
>> file).
>
> I have two machines, both with automake-1.11.1 configured and built
> from the same source, but the two generate ever-so-slightly different
> gold/Makefile.in:
>
> --- a/gold/Makefile.in
> +++ b/gold/Makefile.in
> @@ -70,8 +70,8 @@ subdir = .
> DIST_COMMON = NEWS README ChangeLog $(srcdir)/Makefile.in \
> $(srcdir)/Makefile.am $(top_srcdir)/configure \
> $(am__configure_deps) $(srcdir)/config.in \
> - $(srcdir)/../mkinstalldirs $(top_srcdir)/po/Make-in ffsll.c \
> - ftruncate.c pread.c mremap.c yyscript.h yyscript.c \
> + $(srcdir)/../mkinstalldirs $(top_srcdir)/po/Make-in pread.c \
> + ffsll.c mremap.c ftruncate.c yyscript.h yyscript.c \
> $(srcdir)/../depcomp $(srcdir)/../ylwrap
> ACLOCAL_M4 = $(top_srcdir)/aclocal.m4
> am__aclocal_m4_deps = $(top_srcdir)/../config/depstand.m4 \
>
> I have to filter out this difference every time I run automake at home.
>
> Both generate identical results for gold/testsuite/Makefile.in, though.
>

I ran into the same problem, but it was on the same machine.
When I ran automake twice, I got different Makefile.in.

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H.J.