URL: <https://savannah.gnu.org/support/?110417>
Summary: Do not generate a back up file when running autoreconf Project: Autoconf Submitted by: None Submitted on: Tue 05 Jan 2021 12:35:46 PM UTC Category: None Priority: 5 - Normal Severity: 1 - Wish Status: None Privacy: Public Assigned to: None Originator Email: nuquaquara...@gmail.com Open/Closed: Open Discussion Lock: Any Operating System: None _______________________________________________________ Details: Moving from autoconf v2.69 to v2.70, autoconf started to generate back-up files of the configure script by appending a tilde ~. Give the opportunity to the user to disable this behaviour, that is, do never generate a configure~. The following is the response from Zack Weinberg to this request in the mailing list on 04/Jan/2021: > It is not currently possible to disable this. (The offending code is > `sub update_file` in $prefix/share/autoconf/Autom4te/FileUtils.pm; if > you look at it, you will see that the suffix used for the backup file > can be changed with the $SIMPLE_BACKUP_SUFFIX environment variable, > but there isn't any way to tell it not to create the backup at all.) > Because FileUtils.pm is shared with Automake, changes require > coordination between the two projects and take even longer than > normal. Would you please file an issue for this feature request, > using https://savannah.gnu.org/support/?func=additem&group=autoconf > (you may need to create an account) so we don't forget about it? _______________________________________________________ Reply to this item at: <https://savannah.gnu.org/support/?110417> _______________________________________________ Message sent via Savannah https://savannah.gnu.org/