[openib-general] Problem with userspace tree structure

[Michael S. Tsirkin]

Hello!
Quoting r. Tom Duffy (tduffy at sun.com) "Re: [openib-general] Problem with userspace tree structure":
> On Thu, 2004-12-23 at 20:40 +0200, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote:
> > The problem is that the autotools files are generated, so having
> > them in svn is a problem - conflicts cant be resolved properly -
> > while not having them in svn is a problem - you require all users
> > to have autotools to build.
> 
> Yes, and any distribution of Linux includes them.  You also require all
> users to have a compiler...
> 
> -tduffy

There's a difference.

There are no real standards, and the language seems to be not well
defined and not stable between autotools versions. At least I see
that many tools that went this way require specific autogen revisions.

MST