From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-5.5 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_00, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS, USER_AGENT_SANE_2 autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1F85EC433DF for ; Thu, 23 Jul 2020 12:08:00 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 032352080D for ; Thu, 23 Jul 2020 12:08:00 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1728545AbgGWMH7 (ORCPT ); Thu, 23 Jul 2020 08:07:59 -0400 Received: from mx0b-001b2d01.pphosted.com ([148.163.158.5]:64722 "EHLO mx0b-001b2d01.pphosted.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1726714AbgGWMH7 (ORCPT ); Thu, 23 Jul 2020 08:07:59 -0400 Received: from pps.filterd (m0098421.ppops.net [127.0.0.1]) by mx0a-001b2d01.pphosted.com (8.16.0.42/8.16.0.42) with SMTP id 06NC1suL099214; Thu, 23 Jul 2020 08:07:55 -0400 Received: from ppma04ams.nl.ibm.com (63.31.33a9.ip4.static.sl-reverse.com [169.51.49.99]) by mx0a-001b2d01.pphosted.com with ESMTP id 32f1pn5s82-1 (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 bits=256 verify=NOT); Thu, 23 Jul 2020 08:07:55 -0400 Received: from pps.filterd (ppma04ams.nl.ibm.com [127.0.0.1]) by ppma04ams.nl.ibm.com (8.16.0.42/8.16.0.42) with SMTP id 06NC4i6e018770; Thu, 23 Jul 2020 12:07:53 GMT Received: from b06cxnps3075.portsmouth.uk.ibm.com (d06relay10.portsmouth.uk.ibm.com [9.149.109.195]) by ppma04ams.nl.ibm.com with ESMTP id 32brq8656y-1 (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 bits=256 verify=NOT); Thu, 23 Jul 2020 12:07:53 +0000 Received: from b06wcsmtp001.portsmouth.uk.ibm.com (b06wcsmtp001.portsmouth.uk.ibm.com [9.149.105.160]) by b06cxnps3075.portsmouth.uk.ibm.com (8.14.9/8.14.9/NCO v10.0) with ESMTP id 06NC7pI331523232 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 bits=256 verify=OK); Thu, 23 Jul 2020 12:07:51 GMT Received: from b06wcsmtp001.portsmouth.uk.ibm.com (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by IMSVA (Postfix) with ESMTP id 82D0FA405C; Thu, 23 Jul 2020 12:07:51 +0000 (GMT) Received: from b06wcsmtp001.portsmouth.uk.ibm.com (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by IMSVA (Postfix) with ESMTP id D4B78A405F; Thu, 23 Jul 2020 12:07:50 +0000 (GMT) Received: from localhost.localdomain (unknown [9.85.150.234]) by b06wcsmtp001.portsmouth.uk.ibm.com (Postfix) with ESMTP; Thu, 23 Jul 2020 12:07:50 +0000 (GMT) Message-ID: <1595506070.5211.103.camel@linux.ibm.com> Subject: Re: [PATCH ima-evm-utils] Drop empty NEWS file From: Mimi Zohar To: Petr Vorel Cc: linux-integrity@vger.kernel.org, Mimi Zohar , Vitaly Chikunov Date: Thu, 23 Jul 2020 08:07:50 -0400 In-Reply-To: <20200723115457.GA26679@dell5510> References: <20200722114729.4210-1-pvorel@suse.cz> <1595428021.5311.93.camel@linux.ibm.com> <20200722144510.l5qwn62dlanbuul4@altlinux.org> <20200722145047.GB18945@dell5510> <1595431869.5311.102.camel@linux.ibm.com> <1595503098.5211.85.camel@linux.ibm.com> <20200723115457.GA26679@dell5510> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" X-Mailer: Evolution 3.20.5 (3.20.5-1.fc24) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-TM-AS-GCONF: 00 X-Proofpoint-Virus-Version: vendor=fsecure engine=2.50.10434:6.0.235,18.0.687 definitions=2020-07-23_03:2020-07-23,2020-07-23 signatures=0 X-Proofpoint-Spam-Details: rule=outbound_notspam policy=outbound score=0 mlxscore=0 malwarescore=0 suspectscore=0 mlxlogscore=999 phishscore=0 spamscore=0 priorityscore=1501 adultscore=0 bulkscore=0 impostorscore=0 clxscore=1015 lowpriorityscore=0 classifier=spam adjust=0 reason=mlx scancount=1 engine=8.12.0-2006250000 definitions=main-2007230087 Sender: linux-integrity-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-integrity@vger.kernel.org On Thu, 2020-07-23 at 13:54 +0200, Petr Vorel wrote: > Hi Mimi, > > ... > > After renaming "ChangeLog" to "NEWS" as discussed, autotools now > > complains about the missing "ChangeLog" file. > > > automake has a number of flavors[1][2].  The "foreign" flavor, which > > can be supplied as an option to AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE, doesn't require the > > NEWS, COPYING, AUTHORS, ChangeLog, or README files to exist. > > > Although renaming the files didn't help, it makes sense.  The patch > > does both - renames ChangeLog and uses the "foreign" option. > > Thanks for fixing it. foreign flavor fits our needs better than gnu. > Autotools "features" like this (having strange gnu flavor as the default) > explain why people keep introducing new build systems like Meson (which brings > other problems). Changing the autotools flavor solved the problem, but I wasn't sure that it was the correct solution.  Thank you for validating the flavor change. Mimi