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Christopher Friedt updated THRIFT-5429: --------------------------------------- Description: Add "foreign" to "AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE()" in "configure.ac" to prevent autoreconf complaining about "missing" files. Autotools projects have historically required these to be present, but they are less critical these days with git repos. {code} Makefile.am: error: required file './NEWS' not found Makefile.am: error: required file './README' not found Makefile.am: error: required file './AUTHORS' not found Makefile.am: error: required file './ChangeLog' not found {code} was: Add "foreign" to "AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE()" in "configure.ac" to prevent errors about "missing" files. Autotools projects have historically required these to be present, but they are less critical these days with git repos. {code} Makefile.am: error: required file './NEWS' not found Makefile.am: error: required file './README' not found Makefile.am: error: required file './AUTHORS' not found Makefile.am: error: required file './ChangeLog' not found {code} > build: autotools: add foreign to AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE > ------------------------------------------------- > > Key: THRIFT-5429 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/THRIFT-5429 > Project: Thrift > Issue Type: Improvement > Components: Build Process > Affects Versions: 0.9, 0.9.1, 0.9.2, 0.9.3, 0.9.3.1, 0.10.0, 0.11.0, > 0.12.0, 0.13.0, 0.14.0, 0.14.1 > Environment: Any platform where autotools is available (so really any > platform). > I'll create a PR on github - it's a one-liner. > Reporter: Christopher Friedt > Priority: Trivial > > Add "foreign" to "AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE()" in "configure.ac" to prevent autoreconf > complaining about "missing" files. Autotools projects have historically > required these to be present, but they are less critical these days with git > repos. > {code} > Makefile.am: error: required file './NEWS' not found > Makefile.am: error: required file './README' not found > Makefile.am: error: required file './AUTHORS' not found > Makefile.am: error: required file './ChangeLog' not found > {code} -- This message was sent by Atlassian Jira (v8.3.4#803005)