Update TODO.

[bison.git] / Makefile.am

diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index 7113484ee6aa5971aa2c2c5606a847aaac935664..932c3bbfdac0551cb66b9f2a1258a46df721e234 100644 (file)
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ SUBDIRS = build-aux po runtime-po lib data src doc examples tests etc
 aclocaldir = @aclocaldir@
 aclocal_DATA = m4/bison-i18n.m4
 
-EXTRA_DIST = .prev-version .version Makefile.cfg Makefile.maint maint.mk \
+EXTRA_DIST = .prev-version .version cfg.mk maint.mk \
   OChangeLog PACKAGING \
   djgpp/Makefile.maint djgpp/README.in djgpp/config.bat \
   djgpp/config.sed djgpp/config.site djgpp/config_h.sed \
@@ -43,9 +43,17 @@ maintainer-push-check:
 maintainer-xml-check:
        cd tests && $(MAKE) $(AM_MAKEFLAGS) $@
 
-# See comments in build-aux/git-version-gen.
+# See comments in build-aux/git-version-gen.  However, we make .version depend
+# on configure so that .version and VERSION/PACKAGE_VERSION stay in sync in the
+# working copy (for example, when you run autoreconf && make).  Allowing these
+# to fall out of sync appears to have little potential to improve Bison build
+# efficiency (even if we were to replace VERSION/PACKAGE_VERSION with .version
+# everywhere possible).  On the other hand, it could be harmful.  For example,
+# a developer might naively reference .version in a test case while the bison
+# executable still compiles with VERSION, and so the test case might fail or
+# pass incorrectly.
 BUILT_SOURCES = $(top_srcdir)/.version
-$(top_srcdir)/.version:
+$(top_srcdir)/.version: configure
        echo $(VERSION) > $@-t && mv $@-t $@
 dist-hook:
        echo $(VERSION) > $(distdir)/.tarball-version