Re: texi in CVS?

[Philipp K. J. <ja...@ie...>]

Thanks!

On Friday 05 September 2008 12:04, you wrote:
> Philipp K. Janert wrote:
> > Apparently, the file
> > 	gnuplot.texi
> > is under CVS version control. Shouldn't just
> > the master (ie gnuplot.doc) be in CVS, since
> > all other files are built from it?
>
> Should: yes.  The general rule is that files generated from others
> shouldn't go into version control themselves.  I.e. no Makefile.in, no
> Makefile, no configure, no gnuplot.info, and no gnuplot.texi.
>
> But some people strongly objected to the idea that this would require
> everyone building from CVS to have Emacs...
>
> The same objections keep us from installing a normal rule to rebuild
> gnuplot.texi automatically.  A CVS checkout jumbles timestamps, so even
> with gnuplot.texi in CVS, it would be rebuilt on most fresh checkouts.