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=-4.0 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_00, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS, URIBL_BLOCKED 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 0844FC433DF for ; Thu, 23 Jul 2020 11:55:01 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DCECD20684 for ; Thu, 23 Jul 2020 11:55:00 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1726558AbgGWLzA (ORCPT ); Thu, 23 Jul 2020 07:55:00 -0400 Received: from mx2.suse.de ([195.135.220.15]:55822 "EHLO mx2.suse.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1726109AbgGWLzA (ORCPT ); Thu, 23 Jul 2020 07:55:00 -0400 X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at test-mx.suse.de Received: from relay2.suse.de (unknown [195.135.221.27]) by mx2.suse.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6C136AD1E; Thu, 23 Jul 2020 11:55:07 +0000 (UTC) Date: Thu, 23 Jul 2020 13:54:57 +0200 From: Petr Vorel To: Mimi Zohar Cc: linux-integrity@vger.kernel.org, Mimi Zohar , Vitaly Chikunov Subject: Re: [PATCH ima-evm-utils] Drop empty NEWS file Message-ID: <20200723115457.GA26679@dell5510> Reply-To: Petr Vorel 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> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-2 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: <1595503098.5211.85.camel@linux.ibm.com> Sender: linux-integrity-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-integrity@vger.kernel.org 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). Kind regards, Petr > Mimi > [1] https://www.gnu.org/software/automake/manual/automake.html#index-automake-options > [2] https://autotools.io/automake/options.html