Re: [sigc] VPATH build fails if template.macros.m4 is newer than a header file.

[Daniel Burrows <dburrows debian org>]

On Sun, Mar 09, 2008 at 07:26:46PM +0100, Murray Cumming <murrayc murrayc com> was heard to say:
> 
> On Sat, 2008-03-08 at 17:40 -0800, Daniel Burrows wrote:
> > If I untar the latest sigc++ release (2.2.1) and run the following:
> > 
> > $ touch sigc++/macros/template.macros.m4
> 
> Why would you do this?

  I don't, but the VCS system I use to maintain the Debian package doesn't
seem to preserve file timestamps.

> >  or should I look at
> > transitioning the Debian packaging away from using VPATH?
> 
> Are you patching the m4 file for debian? Why? If you can't send it
> upstream, you should probably be patching the .h/.cc files instead.

  No, which is why commenting out this Make rule is a reasonable
temporary fix for me.

  Daniel