Q: generate config.h.in automatically (was: Re: [PATCH] intl: reintroduce unintentionally disabled optimization)

["Dmitry V. Levin" <ldv at altlinux dot org>]

On Mon, Feb 22, 2016 at 03:05:47PM +0100, Florian Weimer wrote:
> * Dmitry V. Levin:
> >> Is config.h.in regenerated by autoreconf and similar tools?
> >
> > No, it's supported manually and therefore permanently out of sync.
> > For example,
> >
> > $ grep -i strerror config.h.in 
> > #undef	HAVE_STRERROR
> > #define	HAVE_STRERROR	1
> > find -name configure.ac | xargs grep -i strerror | wc -l
> > 0
> 
> Can we have autoreconf automatically generate config.h.in, like other
> GNU projects do?

I suppose we can use autoheader like other projects do.

I can't recollect why don't we use it in the first place.  Is there
anybody around who can sched some light on the history of not using
autoheader in glibc?


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