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Re: Maintainer mode
Frank Ch. Eigler writes:
> > [make --enable-maintainer-mode => --enable-cgen-maint] [...]
> > Any thoughts before I put it to the gdb and binutils mailing lists?
> Right - there should be no problem.
> > Hopefully this is a step in the right direction of eliminating the
> > generated files from the tree altogether.
> I don't think this is a good idea. The generated files should remain
> in the tree for self-contained-ness, faster building, and better change
> isolation. (If you would like a way of regenerating all the dependent
> files in all the source trees, then make a shell script to do
> that.)
Now that I've had time to think about this one, the idea of
eliminating --enable-cgen-maint and removing generated files are
independent. I am happy with your suggestion to leave the generated
files there--this is what happens now with `configure.in' and
`configure', for instance.
Ben