bugGNU Screen - Bugs: bug #43409, Reduntant files in source archive

 
 

bug #43409: Reduntant files in source archive

Submitter:  Jan Noha <nohajan>
Submitted:  Mon 13 Oct 2014 12:00:49 PM UTC
   
 
Category:  Build/Install Severity:  3 - Normal
Priority:  * 5 - Normal Status:  None
Privacy:  Public Assigned to:  None
Open/Closed:  Closed Release:  4.2.1
Fixed Release:  4.4.0 Planned Release:  None
Work Required:  None
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Sun 19 Jun 2016 09:20:39 PM UTC, comment #1: 

Yes, it was a mistake in release process. Those files are not present in newer releases.

Amadeusz Sławiński <amade>
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Mon 13 Oct 2014 12:00:49 PM UTC, original submission:  

I had a problem building new version of screen on Solaris.
I've tracked it down to wrong "config.h" file which is already present in the source archive downloaded from here:
ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/screen/screen-4.2.1.tar.gz

For some reason I need to delete it first before it gets regenerated by configure script. Then the package builds as expected.

This is OK as a workaround. However, I believe the file should not be there in the first place. If I look to the 4.0.3 archive, for example, there is only config.h.in.

For your information, in the latest archive there is also Makefile with version number 4.2.0. Again, a little messy.

We are using original packages in an automated build environment so when there is some file which is not supposed to be there, it can lead to unnecessary errors.

Yes, it is a minor issue but would you consider fixing it, please?

Thanks,
Jan

Jan Noha <nohajan>

 

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