On Mon, 4 Mar 2024 at 19:27, Vladimir Mezentsev <vladimir.mezent...@oracle.com> wrote: > > > > On 3/4/24 09:38, Richard Earnshaw (lists) wrote: > > Tools like git (and svn before it) don't try to maintain time-stamps on > > patches, the tool just modifies the file and the timestamp comes from the > > time of the modification. That's fine if there is nothing regenerated > > within the repository (it's pure original source), but will cause problems > > if there are generated files as their time stamps aren't necessarily > > correct. `gcc_update --touch` addresses that by ensuring all the generated > > files are retouched when needed. > > Why do we save generated files in the source tree? > What will be the problem if we remove Makefile.in and configure from > source tree and will run `autoreconf -i -f` before building ?
Having the exact correct versions of autoconf and automake increases the barrier for new contributors to start work. And to regenerate everything, they also need autogen, mkinfo, etc.
