Hello Mike, * Mike Frysinger wrote on Wed, Jan 02, 2008 at 10:44:12PM CET: > On Thursday 28 September 2006, Mike Frysinger wrote: > > i normally use automake-1.9.6 but i just tried out 1.9b and it appears to > > have the same problem > > automake-1.10 exhibits the problem as well ... finally spent some time > digging > at it for fun > > > $ svn st INSTALL > > $ automake-1.9b -a -c > > $ svn st INSTALL > > $ automake-1.9b -a -f > > $ svn st INSTALL
That doesn't happen for me. After `-a -f', the file is replaced with the symlink pointing to the installed INSTALL file. With --foreign, however, that doesn't happen. Neither with -a -f, nor with -a -c -f. > > $ automake-1.9b -a -c -f > > $ svn st INSTALL > > M INSTALL > > $ svn diff INSTALL > > ... > > -HOMEPAGE: http://freestdf.sourceforge.net/liblzw.php > > -AUTHOR: Mike Frysinger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > +Installation Instructions > > +************************* > > ... While I understand that you don't want this change to happen, I'm not sure what would be the desirable or intended semantics. After all, `-a -f' replaces all files except COPYING. If we change semantics, at least the new ones should be documented, I think. Cheers, Ralf
