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From: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org>
Subject: Re: About autogenerated files in Netfilter snapshots
Date: Mon, 23 Dec 2013 13:35:06 +0100
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To: Arturo Borrero Gonzalez <arturo.borrero.glez@gmail.com>
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On Mon, Dec 23, 2013 at 01:15:14PM +0100, Arturo Borrero Gonzalez wrote:
> Hi there!
> 
> I've been examining some Netfilter snapshots, for example the nftables
> one (pick whichever revision) [0].
> 
> They seem to include some autogenerated files, like 'configure', the
> 'autom4te.cache' dir, etc..
> 
> Why snapshots are not just a copy of the git sources?
> 
> Best regards.
> 
> [0] http://ftp.netfilter.org/pub/nftables/snapshot/

This snapshot robot calls autoreconf -f to include all the scripts so
you can run ./configure as most users expect, that also generates the
autom4te.cache.

I can update the script to remove the autom4te.cache, let me know.