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Re: [PATCH v2] build: do not automatically reconfigure unless configure.ac changed

From
Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Date
Jan 2, 2013, 08:38 UTC
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<20130102083837.GA9328@sigill.intra.peff.net>
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<20130102082544.GD18974@elie.Belkin>
On Wed, Jan 02, 2013 at 12:25:44AM -0800, Jonathan Nieder wrote:
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> Starting with v1.7.12-rc0~4^2 (build: reconfigure automatically if
> configure.ac changes, 2012-07-19), configure is automatically run
> every time the "configure" script changes.  In particular, that
> means configure is automatically rerun whenever the version number
> changes (which changes the configure script to support "./configure
> --helpe"), which makes bisecting painfully slow.
> 
> The intent was to make the reconfiguration process only trigger for
> changes to configure.ac's logic.  Tweak the Makefile rule to match
> that intent by depending on configure.ac instead of configure.

It seems I am late to the party. But FWIW, this looks the most sane to me of the patches posted in this thread.

-Peff
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  1. Martin von ZweigbergkJan 2, 2013
  2. Jonathan NiederJan 2, 2013
  3. Martin von ZweigbergkJan 2, 2013
  4. build: do not automatically reconfigure unless configure.ac changedJonathan Nieder, Jan 2, 2013
  5. Jeff KingJan 2, 2013
  6. Jonathan NiederJan 2, 2013
  7. Stefano LattariniJan 2, 2013
  8. Junio C HamanoJan 2, 2013
  9. Martin von ZweigbergkJan 2, 2013
  10. Stefano LattariniJan 2, 2013
  11. Junio C HamanoJan 2, 2013
  12. Stefano LattariniJan 2, 2013
  13. Jonathan NiederJan 2, 2013

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