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Re: [plugins] [patch] Initial implementation of GCC plugin support
Joseph S. Myers wrote:
> On Tue, 24 Feb 2009, Le-Chun Wu wrote:
>
>> Sorry for including the auto-generated files in the code-review diff.
>> One thing I noticed about the auto-generated configure files is that,
>> besides the stuff that I added, there are actually some other
>> "formatting" differences in the auto-gen'ed configure files. I wonder
>> if I have to use some special flags/options when running 'autoconf'?
>> Or do people actually massage the files after they are generated?
>
> You have to use autoconf built from unmodified FSF sources of the relevant
> release, not any patched version installed as part of a GNU/Linux
> distribution.
To be precise: I was under the impression that meant autoconf-2.59 and
automake-1.9.6 precisely, at any rate until some potential future upgrade occurs?
I haven't seen it mentioned yet in the thread: Basile's notes about
regenerating files.
http://gcc.gnu.org/wiki/Regenerating_GCC_Configuration
cheers,
DaveK