mmh
23 years ago* -L isn't sufficient for specifying the path of the Cyrus SASL
Dan Harkless [Tue, 6 Feb 2001 03:46:27 +0000 (03:46 +0000)]
* -L isn't sufficient for specifying the path of the Cyrus SASL
  shared library.  That'll allow us to link successfully, but on
  many/most OSes that won't allow us to find libsasl at runtime.  On
  Solaris, we need to specify the library path with -R as well (or
  else the user will have to use the $LD_LIBRARY_PATH kludge, which
  is considered harmful).  This fix should be extended to other OSes
  as well.

* Print whether we have SASL support in the "nmh configuration"
  summary configure prints out.

23 years agoman/mh-chart
Shantonu Sen [Thu, 25 Jan 2001 21:28:30 +0000 (21:28 +0000)]
man/mh-chart

23 years agouse %etcdir% for spacing instead of hardcoding
Shantonu Sen [Thu, 25 Jan 2001 21:15:52 +0000 (21:15 +0000)]
use %etcdir% for spacing instead of hardcoding

23 years agocompiled mh-chart with synopses of commands
Shantonu Sen [Thu, 25 Jan 2001 21:14:32 +0000 (21:14 +0000)]
compiled mh-chart with synopses of commands

23 years agodigest
Shantonu Sen [Tue, 23 Jan 2001 20:27:57 +0000 (20:27 +0000)]
digest

23 years agoDon't try to force year into a 19xx format
Shantonu Sen [Tue, 23 Jan 2001 20:26:15 +0000 (20:26 +0000)]
Don't try to force year into a 19xx format

23 years agoSYNOPSIS formating to prevent filling
Shantonu Sen [Tue, 23 Jan 2001 04:14:08 +0000 (04:14 +0000)]
SYNOPSIS formating to prevent filling

23 years agomanpages finished
Shantonu Sen [Fri, 19 Jan 2001 21:32:13 +0000 (21:32 +0000)]
manpages finished

23 years agodon't build vmh.1 since vmh isn't distributed, and we no longer need tmac.h
Shantonu Sen [Fri, 19 Jan 2001 21:22:08 +0000 (21:22 +0000)]
don't build vmh.1 since vmh isn't distributed, and we no longer need tmac.h

23 years agoshow-whom
Shantonu Sen [Fri, 19 Jan 2001 21:10:09 +0000 (21:10 +0000)]
show-whom

23 years agoprompter-sendfiles
Shantonu Sen [Thu, 18 Jan 2001 20:27:34 +0000 (20:27 +0000)]
prompter-sendfiles

23 years agodelete old files, manpage progress
Shantonu Sen [Tue, 9 Jan 2001 06:55:21 +0000 (06:55 +0000)]
delete old files, manpage progress

23 years agoremoved deprecated files. sendmail functionality exists in mts/smtp/
Shantonu Sen [Tue, 9 Jan 2001 06:45:26 +0000 (06:45 +0000)]
removed deprecated files. sendmail functionality exists in mts/smtp/

23 years agoAdd an entry for README.manpages
Shantonu Sen [Tue, 9 Jan 2001 06:41:44 +0000 (06:41 +0000)]
Add an entry for README.manpages

23 years agoAdded popi.c to SRCS, even though it's not being built currently
Shantonu Sen [Tue, 9 Jan 2001 06:40:12 +0000 (06:40 +0000)]
Added popi.c to SRCS, even though it's not being built currently

23 years agoremoving mts/generic
Shantonu Sen [Tue, 9 Jan 2001 06:13:55 +0000 (06:13 +0000)]
removing mts/generic

23 years agodeleting zotnet/ dir -- parts moved to sbr/
Shantonu Sen [Tue, 9 Jan 2001 06:10:03 +0000 (06:10 +0000)]
deleting zotnet/ dir -- parts moved to sbr/

23 years agomh_profile-prev
Shantonu Sen [Tue, 9 Jan 2001 06:01:19 +0000 (06:01 +0000)]
mh_profile-prev

23 years agomh_tailor-mhbuild
Shantonu Sen [Sat, 6 Jan 2001 23:38:12 +0000 (23:38 +0000)]
mh_tailor-mhbuild

23 years agoUpdating mh_sequence
Shantonu Sen [Thu, 4 Jan 2001 07:07:41 +0000 (07:07 +0000)]
Updating mh_sequence

23 years agomh_mail-mh_profile
Shantonu Sen [Wed, 3 Jan 2001 06:29:06 +0000 (06:29 +0000)]
mh_mail-mh_profile

23 years agomh-format
Shantonu Sen [Tue, 2 Jan 2001 08:10:46 +0000 (08:10 +0000)]
mh-format

23 years agoModularizing the Makefile caused some variable expansion problems on non-GNU makes
Shantonu Sen [Tue, 2 Jan 2001 07:12:46 +0000 (07:12 +0000)]
Modularizing the Makefile caused some variable expansion problems on non-GNU makes

23 years agomh_chart-mh_draft
Shantonu Sen [Tue, 2 Jan 2001 06:43:07 +0000 (06:43 +0000)]
mh_chart-mh_draft

23 years agoUpdating ali-mh_alias
Shantonu Sen [Mon, 1 Jan 2001 10:19:00 +0000 (10:19 +0000)]
Updating ali-mh_alias

23 years agoadd about pointers to shared pages
Shantonu Sen [Sun, 31 Dec 2000 20:58:29 +0000 (20:58 +0000)]
add about pointers to shared pages

23 years agoAdd date to files i missed last time
Shantonu Sen [Sun, 31 Dec 2000 20:55:48 +0000 (20:55 +0000)]
Add date to files i missed last time

23 years agodocs/README.manpages
Shantonu Sen [Sun, 31 Dec 2000 20:55:06 +0000 (20:55 +0000)]
docs/README.manpages

23 years agoAdd manpage style guide
Shantonu Sen [Sun, 31 Dec 2000 20:48:50 +0000 (20:48 +0000)]
Add manpage style guide

23 years agoUpdating inc
Shantonu Sen [Sun, 31 Dec 2000 09:25:09 +0000 (09:25 +0000)]
Updating inc

23 years agoUpdating comp-forw
Shantonu Sen [Sun, 31 Dec 2000 08:19:20 +0000 (08:19 +0000)]
Updating comp-forw

23 years agoadd flists and folders as pointer pages to flist,folder. Modularize Makefile to allow...
Shantonu Sen [Sun, 31 Dec 2000 06:31:42 +0000 (06:31 +0000)]
add flists and folders as pointer pages to flist,folder. Modularize Makefile to allow easier addition of manpages

23 years agoreplace %components% and %distcomps% in man pages with corresponding files
Shantonu Sen [Sun, 31 Dec 2000 02:44:18 +0000 (02:44 +0000)]
replace %components% and %distcomps% in man pages with corresponding files

23 years agoupdated ali-flist, with batch edit of others
Shantonu Sen [Sun, 31 Dec 2000 02:43:34 +0000 (02:43 +0000)]
updated ali-flist, with batch edit of others

23 years agoupdate ali,anno,ap.burst
Shantonu Sen [Sat, 30 Dec 2000 23:18:28 +0000 (23:18 +0000)]
update ali,anno,ap.burst

23 years agoUpdated man pages to remove dependence on tmac.h and have a more modern look
Shantonu Sen [Sat, 30 Dec 2000 10:01:29 +0000 (10:01 +0000)]
Updated man pages to remove dependence on tmac.h and have a more modern look

23 years agoDATE an manpage updating
Shantonu Sen [Sat, 30 Dec 2000 10:00:42 +0000 (10:00 +0000)]
DATE an manpage updating

23 years agoUse the DATE file
Shantonu Sen [Sat, 30 Dec 2000 09:51:55 +0000 (09:51 +0000)]
Use the DATE file

23 years agoCreated DATE that contains a datestamp used in the man pages. It should be updated...
Shantonu Sen [Sat, 30 Dec 2000 09:50:13 +0000 (09:50 +0000)]
Created DATE that contains a datestamp used in the man pages. It should be updated each release.

23 years agohesiod and krb5 test changes. add --with-locking to INSTALL
Shantonu Sen [Sun, 24 Dec 2000 10:13:45 +0000 (10:13 +0000)]
hesiod and krb5 test changes. add --with-locking to INSTALL

23 years agoAdd documentation for --with-locking option
Shantonu Sen [Sun, 24 Dec 2000 10:06:30 +0000 (10:06 +0000)]
Add documentation for --with-locking option

23 years agohesiod and krb5 test fixes
Shantonu Sen [Sun, 24 Dec 2000 10:06:00 +0000 (10:06 +0000)]
hesiod and krb5 test fixes

23 years agoFixed up the hesiod library test so that the location of res_send
Shantonu Sen [Sun, 24 Dec 2000 10:04:58 +0000 (10:04 +0000)]
Fixed up the hesiod library test so that the location of res_send
actually helps to determine whether -lresolv needs to be passed
as a hesiod lib. Also, fixed the krb5 test to look for
-lk5crypto if it exists, since that's the new name for -lcrypto.
The old -lcrypto remains in case the new version isn't found.

23 years ago-apop and -noapop were not documented in msgchk.man. -snoop was documented but
Dan Harkless [Sat, 23 Dec 2000 06:11:03 +0000 (06:11 +0000)]
-apop and -noapop were not documented in msgchk.man.  -snoop was documented but
didn't appear in the usage SYNOPSIS.

23 years agoadd --with-locking option
Shantonu Sen [Fri, 22 Dec 2000 23:49:08 +0000 (23:49 +0000)]
add --with-locking option

23 years agoAutoconfing the file locking options
Shantonu Sen [Fri, 22 Dec 2000 23:42:16 +0000 (23:42 +0000)]
Autoconfing the file locking options

23 years agoput both linux entries on one line
Shantonu Sen [Fri, 22 Dec 2000 19:30:41 +0000 (19:30 +0000)]
put both linux entries on one line

23 years agodtimep, MACHINES
Shantonu Sen [Fri, 22 Dec 2000 19:29:40 +0000 (19:29 +0000)]
dtimep, MACHINES

23 years agoUpdate to include Mac OS X and Linux 2.4
Shantonu Sen [Fri, 22 Dec 2000 19:21:29 +0000 (19:21 +0000)]
Update to include Mac OS X and Linux 2.4

23 years agoWhen building on Mac OS X, don't set LDFLAGS=-s, since the linker doesn't like the...
Shantonu Sen [Fri, 22 Dec 2000 19:18:09 +0000 (19:18 +0000)]
When building on Mac OS X, don't set LDFLAGS=-s, since the linker doesn't like the flag

23 years agoTake out memory hints, since we are assuming flex over lex, so this shouldn't be...
Shantonu Sen [Fri, 22 Dec 2000 19:15:02 +0000 (19:15 +0000)]
Take out memory hints, since we are assuming flex over lex, so this shouldn't be a problem

23 years agodoc/README.developers update, and fixed typo in last ChangeLog entry
Shantonu Sen [Wed, 20 Dec 2000 16:03:36 +0000 (16:03 +0000)]
doc/README.developers update, and fixed typo in last ChangeLog entry

23 years agoMarked deprecated directories in layout description, and added an entry for docs
Shantonu Sen [Wed, 20 Dec 2000 16:00:46 +0000 (16:00 +0000)]
Marked deprecated directories in layout description, and added an entry for docs

23 years agoJust changed a "can" to a "could" since I don't know if most POP3 servers are
Dan Harkless [Wed, 20 Dec 2000 03:30:14 +0000 (03:30 +0000)]
Just changed a "can" to a "could" since I don't know if most POP3 servers are
like qpopper in not allowing people with APOP activated to log in via normal
POP3.

23 years ago-apop and -noapop were not documented in inc.man. -snoop was documented but
Dan Harkless [Wed, 20 Dec 2000 03:18:33 +0000 (03:18 +0000)]
-apop and -noapop were not documented in inc.man.  -snoop was documented but
didn't appear in the usage SYNOPSIS.

23 years agoFixed a type from 'his' to 'this'
Shantonu Sen [Sun, 17 Dec 2000 19:52:04 +0000 (19:52 +0000)]
Fixed a type from 'his' to 'this'

23 years agoconfig.guess/sub update
Shantonu Sen [Thu, 14 Dec 2000 14:55:17 +0000 (14:55 +0000)]
config.guess/sub update

23 years agoconfig update procedure (probably unneccessary)
Shantonu Sen [Thu, 14 Dec 2000 14:35:40 +0000 (14:35 +0000)]
config update procedure (probably unneccessary)

23 years agoUpdated config.guess and config.sub from most recent version
Shantonu Sen [Thu, 14 Dec 2000 14:32:09 +0000 (14:32 +0000)]
Updated config.guess and config.sub from most recent version
from ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/config, with timestamp='2000-12-07'.

23 years agoShantonu did his commit in the wrong order earlier today, making configure get
Dan Harkless [Thu, 14 Dec 2000 03:14:08 +0000 (03:14 +0000)]
Shantonu did his commit in the wrong order earlier today, making configure get
re-built due to a "newer" configure.in.

23 years agoMove mts/generic to sbr/
Shantonu Sen [Thu, 14 Dec 2000 01:38:41 +0000 (01:38 +0000)]
Move mts/generic to sbr/

23 years agoResolve the circular dependency of libmh on libmts on libmh. The
Shantonu Sen [Thu, 14 Dec 2000 01:30:43 +0000 (01:30 +0000)]
Resolve the circular dependency of libmh on libmts on libmh. The
files mts/generic/client.c and mts.c are moved to sbr/, and mts/generic/mts.h
is moved to h/mts.h. Thus, libmh is self-contained. All header includes
have been appropriately updated, and the Makefiles and configure script
no longer build mts/generic.

23 years agoWhen Shantonu made the new libmts.a, he swapped $(MTSLIB) and libmh.a in
Dan Harkless [Tue, 12 Dec 2000 06:19:25 +0000 (06:19 +0000)]
When Shantonu made the new libmts.a, he swapped $(MTSLIB) and libmh.a in
sbr/Makefile.in so that libmh.a comes first, but this causes the build to fail
on Solaris, because libmts.a has to get ruserpass() out of libmh.a.  Swapping
them back to the way Ken Hornstein's patch (which I applied on Jul 20) put them,
with libmh.a correctly coming second.  If there are times when libmts.a needs to
come second, then it would appear there's a circular dependency and someone
(Shantonu?) did an mts merge incorrectly.

24 years agoJust fixed a formatting error.
Dan Harkless [Fri, 8 Sep 2000 23:19:37 +0000 (23:19 +0000)]
Just fixed a formatting error.

24 years agoTook out bad zones in dtimep
Shantonu Sen [Fri, 8 Sep 2000 01:39:10 +0000 (01:39 +0000)]
Took out bad zones in dtimep

24 years agoTook out incorrect time zones like JST and BST.
Shantonu Sen [Fri, 8 Sep 2000 01:36:23 +0000 (01:36 +0000)]
Took out incorrect time zones like JST and BST.

24 years agoIncluded code reorg of zotnet/mts
Shantonu Sen [Fri, 8 Sep 2000 00:49:32 +0000 (00:49 +0000)]
Included code reorg of zotnet/mts

24 years agoDon't make Makefiles in zotnet or mts/mmdf or mts/sendmail
Shantonu Sen [Fri, 8 Sep 2000 00:37:54 +0000 (00:37 +0000)]
Don't make Makefiles in zotnet or mts/mmdf or mts/sendmail

24 years agoDon't generate Makefiles for zotnet, or mts/mmdf and mts/sendmail,
Shantonu Sen [Fri, 8 Sep 2000 00:36:48 +0000 (00:36 +0000)]
Don't generate Makefiles for zotnet, or mts/mmdf and mts/sendmail,
since they are no longer being compiled.

24 years agoIncluded h/nmh.h, since the MD5 algorithms were missing declarations
Shantonu Sen [Fri, 8 Sep 2000 00:34:41 +0000 (00:34 +0000)]
Included h/nmh.h, since the MD5 algorithms were missing declarations
for memcpy and memset (I think), which are indirectly included from
strings.h

24 years agoUpdated #include's to point to new location of mts.h on mts/generic
Shantonu Sen [Fri, 8 Sep 2000 00:34:08 +0000 (00:34 +0000)]
Updated #include's to point to new location of mts.h on mts/generic

24 years agoNo longer descend into zotnet/
Shantonu Sen [Fri, 8 Sep 2000 00:32:47 +0000 (00:32 +0000)]
No longer descend into zotnet/

24 years agoMoved code from zotnet/mts to mts/generic. Also, unified generic
Shantonu Sen [Fri, 8 Sep 2000 00:30:58 +0000 (00:30 +0000)]
Moved code from zotnet/mts to mts/generic. Also, unified generic
mts code and smtp/sendmail into libmts.a as an intermediate, instead
of having two static libs.

24 years agoIncluded changes to dtimep.lex to remove military zone parsing.
Shantonu Sen [Wed, 6 Sep 2000 22:48:43 +0000 (22:48 +0000)]
Included changes to dtimep.lex to remove military zone parsing.

24 years agoTook out parsing of military time, which was causing issues when it
Shantonu Sen [Wed, 6 Sep 2000 22:40:03 +0000 (22:40 +0000)]
Took out parsing of military time, which was causing issues when it
encountered something like (MET), which it doesn't recognize as a timezone,
and which was then read as military characters.

24 years agoFurther clarified Kimmo's etc/Makefile.in comments at his suggestion.
Dan Harkless [Fri, 11 Aug 2000 20:43:07 +0000 (20:43 +0000)]
Further clarified Kimmo's etc/Makefile.in comments at his suggestion.

24 years agoChanged my mind again on scan.MMDDYY and scan.YYYYMMDD. Put the replied /
Dan Harkless [Thu, 10 Aug 2000 21:32:33 +0000 (21:32 +0000)]
Changed my mind again on scan.MMDDYY and scan.YYYYMMDD.  Put the replied /
encrypted column back in, because it's useful to "always" (at least when you
aren't using replied / encrypted) have a space in between the message number and
date, so you can use awk (with the default field separators) to grab message
numbers from scan output.

24 years agoDecided that limiting the message number columns to 3 on my scan.MMDDYY and
Dan Harkless [Thu, 10 Aug 2000 20:33:25 +0000 (20:33 +0000)]
Decided that limiting the message number columns to 3 on my scan.MMDDYY and
scan.YYYYMMDD (to try to regain space taken by extra date info) was
ill-conceived.  It's not that tough to get past 999 messages, though I imagine
it's rather rare to exceed 9999.  Changed these to 4.  I had already removed the
"replied / encrypted" column in YYYYMMDD, but this time I removed it on MMDDYY
as well (I've never seen it used...).

24 years agoModify umask set by mhshow to enable user execute bit, so that viewers that
Ruud de Rooij [Mon, 7 Aug 2000 18:42:20 +0000 (18:42 +0000)]
Modify umask set by mhshow to enable user execute bit, so that viewers that
create temporary directories (e.g., lynx) will be able to access them.

24 years agoKimmo's etc/Makefile.in change note implied that install was previously
Dan Harkless [Sat, 5 Aug 2000 16:00:49 +0000 (16:00 +0000)]
Kimmo's etc/Makefile.in change note implied that install was previously
completely broken.  Not the case.  I asked Kimmo about it and he clarified that
it failed when building outside the source tree.  Fixed the entry to reflect.

24 years agoTODO: Allow multiple simultaneous differing contexts, probably each tied to a
Dan Harkless [Fri, 4 Aug 2000 00:15:52 +0000 (00:15 +0000)]
TODO: Allow multiple simultaneous differing contexts, probably each tied to a
parent (terminal) process.

24 years agoMake "make install" work in etc/Makefile.in
Kimmo Suominen [Tue, 1 Aug 2000 14:55:53 +0000 (14:55 +0000)]
Make "make install" work in etc/Makefile.in

24 years agoRenamed DSTXXX as ADJUST_NUMERIC_ONLY_TZ_OFFSETS_WRT_DST and added an
Dan Harkless [Mon, 24 Jul 2000 23:24:22 +0000 (23:24 +0000)]
Renamed DSTXXX as ADJUST_NUMERIC_ONLY_TZ_OFFSETS_WRT_DST and added an
explanatory comment by its #definition.

24 years agoUpdated README.developers with the fact that zotnet/tws is going away.
Dan Harkless [Mon, 24 Jul 2000 23:06:42 +0000 (23:06 +0000)]
Updated README.developers with the fact that zotnet/tws is going away.

24 years agoWhen Shantonu wrote the new, more portable dtimep.lex, he left out the #ifdef
Dan Harkless [Mon, 24 Jul 2000 23:03:38 +0000 (23:03 +0000)]
When Shantonu wrote the new, more portable dtimep.lex, he left out the #ifdef
DSTXXX stuff for some reason.  Not a good idea, as that code is required for
proper printing of numeric-offset timezones that have daylight saving time.
Without that code, -0700 during DST gets printed as MST instead of PDT.

24 years agoFixed warnings from diff on first-time install of nmh. Also added 'echo's
Dan Harkless [Fri, 21 Jul 2000 03:31:39 +0000 (03:31 +0000)]
Fixed warnings from diff on first-time install of nmh.  Also added 'echo's
clarifying the etc file installation activities.

24 years agoApplied Kurt J. Lidl <lidl@eng.us.uu.net>'s $MAILHOST patch:
Dan Harkless [Fri, 21 Jul 2000 02:35:43 +0000 (02:35 +0000)]
Applied Kurt J. Lidl <lidl@eng.us.uu.net>'s $MAILHOST patch:

    I have a small patch that would be nice to be included -- basically, it
    allows the usage of the "MAILHOST" environment variable, without having to
    have HESIOD turned on.  I need this functionality for my environment, where
    we have identical /usr/local on all my machines (so I cannot just hardcode
    into the mts.conf file), and I have multiple POP mail servers for my users.

Modified inc.man to reflect that along with "pophost:" and -host, $MAILHOST can
now activate POP mail inclusion as well.

24 years agoLast pass at README.developers -- Kimmo's 5-step commit was overkill. You only
Dan Harkless [Fri, 21 Jul 2000 02:25:59 +0000 (02:25 +0000)]
Last pass at README.developers -- Kimmo's 5-step commit was overkill.  You only
need 3 steps, since configure.in is the only autoconf file with the RCS $Id
keyword.

24 years agoMeaningless modification to test autoconf file commit order stuff.
Dan Harkless [Fri, 21 Jul 2000 02:11:59 +0000 (02:11 +0000)]
Meaningless modification to test autoconf file commit order stuff.

24 years agoMeaningless change to test autoconf file commit order stuff.
Dan Harkless [Fri, 21 Jul 2000 02:04:37 +0000 (02:04 +0000)]
Meaningless change to test autoconf file commit order stuff.

24 years agoMeaningless change for testing autoconf file commit order stuff.
Dan Harkless [Fri, 21 Jul 2000 02:03:23 +0000 (02:03 +0000)]
Meaningless change for testing autoconf file commit order stuff.

24 years agoMeaningless change to test autoconf commit order stuff.
Dan Harkless [Fri, 21 Jul 2000 01:56:17 +0000 (01:56 +0000)]
Meaningless change to test autoconf commit order stuff.

24 years agoPeople did not preserve my alphabetization of the --with options when they added
Dan Harkless [Fri, 21 Jul 2000 01:43:58 +0000 (01:43 +0000)]
People did not preserve my alphabetization of the --with options when they added
new ones.  Re-alphabetized.

24 years agoKen Hornstein's SASL patch was not integrated properly with Ruud's new merged
Dan Harkless [Thu, 20 Jul 2000 20:49:00 +0000 (20:49 +0000)]
Ken Hornstein's SASL patch was not integrated properly with Ruud's new merged
mts/sendmail code.  Kimmo has since fixed nmh so it compiles, but according to
Ken, the SASL stuff still does not work.  Integrating a patch from him for this.

24 years agoOne more pass at README.developers now that it's clear that my
Dan Harkless [Thu, 20 Jul 2000 20:32:31 +0000 (20:32 +0000)]
One more pass at README.developers now that it's clear that my
previously-suggested one-line autoconf-file commit can cause unnecessary local
makes and an out-of-sync stamp-h.in file, but would not cause problems for other
people using the CVS files.

24 years agoMoved Kimmo's new "--with-hash-backup" to be output with the rest of the --with
Dan Harkless [Thu, 20 Jul 2000 20:14:39 +0000 (20:14 +0000)]
Moved Kimmo's new "--with-hash-backup" to be output with the rest of the --with
options in the configure --help output, rather than being in between two random
--enable options.

24 years agoAdded answer.
Kimmo Suominen [Tue, 18 Jul 2000 23:39:45 +0000 (23:39 +0000)]
Added answer.

24 years agoClarified and made some corrections to Kimmo's README.developers changes (BTW,
Dan Harkless [Tue, 18 Jul 2000 02:15:03 +0000 (02:15 +0000)]
Clarified and made some corrections to Kimmo's README.developers changes (BTW,
if anyone can explain why the RCS Ids are able to cause problems with the
dependencies, please fill in the explanation -- I never encountered a problem
with the old single-commit method).

24 years agoI don't understand why Kim's split-up of the autoconf-file cvs commits should be
Dan Harkless [Tue, 18 Jul 2000 02:07:51 +0000 (02:07 +0000)]
I don't understand why Kim's split-up of the autoconf-file cvs commits should be
necessary, so I left a little note hoping for someone to explain technically why
that should be the case.  I certainly never ran into any problems with my old
single-commit version (which I added back in along with an explanation of why it
supposedly won't always work).

Also Kim's text implied that the _only_ reason for the given order is the RCS
Ids -- not true -- the timestamps are the main reason a particular order is
necessary.  Made a couple of other clarifications as well.

24 years agoIterating the commit a bit, I think this is how it works without extra
Kimmo Suominen [Sun, 16 Jul 2000 06:18:03 +0000 (06:18 +0000)]
Iterating the commit a bit, I think this is how it works without extra
runs of autoconf, autoheader and make.