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[Bug runtime/20065] Configure script is not in sync with configure.ac


https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=20065

--- Comment #4 from Josh Stone <jistone at redhat dot com> ---
(In reply to Francis Giraldeau from comment #3)
> I confirm that the change fixes the issue. Thanks!

Thanks for confirming -- I pushed this to master.
commit 5ad0fbcaf80f22e64aa35eda3326fa233a1802b9

> As a side note: these generated files (configure, Makefile.in, etc.) are
> usually not added to the repo. Instead, they could be generated locally
> after checkout. It would ensure that configure.ac is always in sync with
> other generated files and avoid the noise related to Makefile.in changes.
> The generated files can be shipped as part of release tarballs to simplify
> the installation procedure for the users.

Yes, it's a trade-off.  We do it this way so anyone can work on systemtap from
git sources, without having the autotools installed.  It's relatively rare that
one needs to modify these generated files.

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