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Re: LPRng issues (fwd)
> From: Brian Gallew <geek at burri dot to>
>
> THe autom4te cache was left there because it is in the original source
> tarball that I downloaded from ftp.lprng.com. I didn't have any errors
> when I ran the configure script myself (strange that you should have an
> error) which is why I didn't provide a patch for it. In fact, I applied
> no patches whatsoever. I didn't regenerate configure or *.in. The only
> difference between my source tarball and the original one is that this one
> is pre-configured (in case someone just wants to type "make").
I think this is a *bad* idea. You cannot guarantee that *every* Cygwin
install will be identical to yours, now and forevermore.
> If you'd
> prefer, I can certainly replace it with a pristine source tarball. I'm
> hesitant to drop the autom4te cache simply because then I really should
> provide a patch, and I have no desire to provide unnecessary patches.
Probably not worth it. But might be worth mentioning to the LPRng people
that they left temporary cache files in their distribution tarball.
Max.