Add AM_MAINTAINER_MODE to configure.ac to avoid rebuilding

configuration files.  [ISC-Bugs #24107]

diff --git a/RELNOTES b/RELNOTES
index 101cd65f59156094bba96007e4be5c5a7f48122b..211d6062e5967b2a7f1ee4f2da036f90448c649c 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 4.2.2rc1
 
 ! Two packets were found that cause a server to halt.  The code

diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index df4bae32bed9bc5222f2c88ba083ba6c82a19955..13c3753425d9c55b6c765f3a0e6da910d72f4f45 100644 (file)
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -4,6 +4,13 @@ AC_INIT([DHCP], [4.2.2], [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.