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List:       licq-devel
Subject:    Re: [Licq-devel] Build questions
From:       "Dirk A . Mueller" <dmuell () gmx ! net>
Date:       2000-04-09 17:52:00
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On Don, 06 Apr 2000, Jimen Ching wrote:

> This worked for the base system (daemon), but the console plugin didn't
> work.  

You're right, I will fix it. 

> I guess it depends on what 'by hand' means.  Obviously, I wouldn't
> translate the configure.in to configure by inspection.  So the 'make -f
> Makefile.cvs' is, to me, considered 'by hand'.  Most other packages I know
> have the *.in in the cvs tree.  

We won't. 

> But there are one or two that don't.  I
> find it convenient to have these files already in cvs when I check them
> out.

A CVS tree is not meant to be convenient for users, it has to be convenient
for developers. If you have problems running the Makefile.cvs script, you
are heavily encouraged to use the snapshots which are released daily and
contain all files generated ready for usage. 


Dirk

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