When do I need autogen.sh?

Derek Atkins warlord@MIT.EDU
13 Nov 2002 21:16:07 -0500


The only time I re-run autogen is when I add a new directory, or when
configure.in gets changed.  Assuming you use --enable-maintainer-mode,
you shouldn't ever need to re-run autogen except in a few cases.

-derek

Laurent Duperval <lduperval@videotron.ca> writes:

> Hi,
> 
> Since it takes a long time to compile GC, I'd like to minimise my use of
> autogen.sh. When should I use it? Every time I do a CVS update? Are
> there certain types of update where an autogen is essential or else the
> binary will be unusable?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> L
> 
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