and don't have autoconf installed. They'll be unable to make without playing
around with `touch'.
-The correct order to commit the configure-related files is:
-
-% cvs commit acconfig.h aclocal.m4 config.h.in configure.in configure stamp-h.in
-
-If you haven't changed all of those files, just commit the rest in the
-stated order (e.g. cvs commit acconfig.h config.h.in stamp-h.in).
+The correct procedure to commit the configure-related files is:
+
+ % cvs commit acconfig.h aclocal.m4 configure.in
+ % autoconf && autoheader # or simply "make"
+ % cvs commit config.h.in configure
+ % make stamp-h.in # or simply "make"
+ % cvs commit stamp-h.in
+
+The reason that the commits need to be split up is that the timestamps on the
+files change when the commits are done and the RCS Ids change. If one committed
+all the files in one fell swoop (in the above relative order), timestamps would
+cause unnecessary autoconf regeneration on 'make's after the commit, which would
+waste your time and would cause your local stamp-h.in to be out-of-sync with the
+one checked into CVS (not the end of the world, but...).
+
+If you haven't changed all the files noted above, just commit the ones you have,
+in the stated order (for instance, configure.in, then configure, then
+stamp-h.in).
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