From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from euclid.skiles.gatech.edu (list@euclid.skiles.gatech.edu [130.207.146.50]) by melb.werple.net.au (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id KAA16719 for ; Thu, 9 May 1996 10:14:22 +1000 (EST) Received: (from list@localhost) by euclid.skiles.gatech.edu (8.7.3/8.7.3) id UAA20597; Wed, 8 May 1996 20:08:18 -0400 (EDT) Resent-Date: Wed, 8 May 1996 20:08:18 -0400 (EDT) From: Zoltan Hidvegi Message-Id: <199605082314.BAA00417@hzoli.ppp.cs.elte.hu> Subject: Re: .cvsignore files To: A.Main@dcs.warwick.ac.uk (Zefram) Date: Thu, 9 May 1996 01:14:01 +0200 (MET DST) Cc: zsh-workers@math.gatech.edu In-Reply-To: <3606.199605081529@cray.dcs.warwick.ac.uk> from Zefram at "May 8, 96 04:29:30 pm" X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL11 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Resent-Message-ID: <"g6mr21.0.e15.mTJan"@euclid> Resent-From: zsh-workers@math.gatech.edu X-Mailing-List: archive/latest/1022 X-Loop: zsh-workers@math.gatech.edu Precedence: list Resent-Sender: zsh-workers-request@math.gatech.edu > The patch below adds a full complement of .cvsignore files. These are > essential for those of us using CVS, and take up very little space. > They really should be included in the distribution because a significant > number of people need them and they really have to go into the repository > to be of full use. I do not think that this is really necessary. I always build zsh in a separate directory so the build process does not change anything in the source tree with the exception of autoconf generated files. Using a separate build directory is always necessary in a multiplatform environment. If one uses a separate directory then only config.h.in, configure and stamp-h.in remains. But config.h.in, configure and the empty stamp-h.in are archived in the RCS files. This is necessary since the RCS file is used to generate the patches between releases and not all people have autoconf installed on their system. And if a file is in the RCS distribution it should not be put into .cvsignore. After that no files remained :-). Zoltan