Add AM_MAINTAINER_MODE to configure.ac to avoid rebuilding

configuration files.  [ISC-Bugs #24107]

diff --git a/RELNOTES b/RELNOTES
index a58fa381b3ec804ae16ca046c13a2ebb6e351e10..b157f2c6f10a910730ad30c207a2ee0a6e5edc7b 100644 (file)
--- a/RELNOTES
+++ b/RELNOTES
@@ -46,6 +46,9 @@ work on other platforms. Please report any problems and suggested fixes to
   processing if we have a lease even if it doesn't have an outstanding
   transaction.  [ISC-Bugs #24682]
 
+- Add AM_MAINTAINER_MODE to configure.ac to avoid rebuilding
+  configuration files.  [ISC-Bugs #24107]
+
                        Changes since 4.2.1
 
 ! In dhclient check the data for some string options for

diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 823c3cf10ffde32d040c6a324508ce6b4b7d0348..91c207e0552a2176bb0a5c759f28110f646db9d3 100644 (file)
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -4,6 +4,13 @@ AC_INIT([DHCP], [4.2.0], [dhcp-users@isc.org])
 # like AUTHORS, COPYING, and such
 AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([foreign])
 
+# we specify AM_MAINTAINER_MODE to avoid problems with rebuilding
+# the configure and makefiles.  Without it users doing things that
+# change the timestamps on the code, like checking it into a cvs
+# tree, could trigger a rebuild of the infrastructure files which
+# might fail if they don't have the correct tools.
+AM_MAINTAINER_MODE 
+
 # We want to turn on warnings if we are using gcc and the user did 
 # not specify CFLAGS. The autoconf check for the C compiler sets the
 # CFLAGS if gcc is used, so we will save it before we run that check.