autoconfiscation? (was: Re: subscribe joostvb-cabot-commit@mdcc.cx)

[Peter Palfrader]

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On Wed, 23 Jul 2003, Joost van Baal wrote:

> > > Do
> > > you think that'd be useful?  (The current "config" file might have to
> > > get moved to e.g. ~/.cabotrc .  OK?)
> >=20
> > Sounds good.
>=20
> Hm, at second thought, I guess I'm going all the way and autoconfiscate
> the whole thing.  How about that?  I've done this a few times before, it
> allows for easy autogeneration of version numbers and tarballs (
> building cabot-20030723.tar.gz by running "make dist").  An example is
> at http://mdcc.cx/pub/ad1810-firewall/ad1810-firewall-latest/ : what's
> maintained in CVS is
> http://mdcc.cx/pub/ad1810-firewall/ad1810-firewall-latest/Makefile.am ,
> http://mdcc.cx/pub/ad1810-firewall/ad1810-firewall-latest/bootstrap ,
> http://mdcc.cx/pub/ad1810-firewall/ad1810-firewall-latest/configure.ac
> and http://mdcc.cx/pub/ad1810-firewall/ad1810-firewall-latest/setversion
> .
>=20
> I know some people start screaming in agony when hearing about
> autotools, so I'd guess I'd better first ask :)

I don't have much experience with the auto tools but if you think they
are a good idea then just go ahead.

Peter
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