Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@xxxxxxxxx> writes: >> ifdef AUTOCONFIGURED >> -config.status: configure >> - $(QUIET_GEN)if test -f config.status; then \ >> +# We avoid depending on 'configure' here, because it gets rebuilt >> +# every time GIT-VERSION-FILE is modified, only to update the embedded >> +# version number string, which config.status does not care about. >> > Alas, config.status *do* care about it, in that the '@PACKAGE_VERSION@', > '@PACKAGE_STRING@' and '@DEFS@' substitutions are affected by what is > hard-coded in configure as the version number [1]. But if we do not > use those substitutions in any of our files (and I believe we don't), > then *we* can happily not care about the configure embedded version > number string, and thus avoid the extra configure runs. Phew. > > [1] Yes, this is a mess. We know. Sorry! Heh. Should we warn against the use of these symbols somewhere in configure.ac, perhaps, then? -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html