On Sat, Nov 16, 2024 at 09:35:12PM +0100, Patrice Dumas wrote:
> On Sat, Nov 16, 2024 at 08:06:35PM +0000, Gavin Smith wrote:
> > On Sat, Nov 16, 2024 at 08:48:09PM +0100, Patrice Dumas wrote:
> > > On Sat, Nov 16, 2024 at 07:28:44PM +0000, Gavin Smith wrote:
> > > >
> > > > non_ascii.tar should probably also go in MAINTAINERCLEANFILES.
> > >
> > > Agreed.
> >
> > OK, so the automake manual says:
> >
> > However ‘maintainer-clean’
> > should not delete anything that needs to exist in order to run
> > ‘./configure && make’.
> >
> > So it shouldn't be deleted by "make maintainer-clean", as otherwise
> > someone could run this command from a tarball and be unable to get
> > the file back ("make" would still work, but "make check" wouldn't).
>
> Ok.
>
> Maybe it could be a good idea to have ./autogen.sh regenerate it?
I've done this and also tracked the file in git to facilitate
any updates.
