Add autogen.sh to source tarball. #6418

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   randy-waterhouse commented at 4:01 am on July 11, 2015: contributor

   Closes issue #4997 and restores consistency with the “To Build” instructions in doc/build-unix.md file packaged with the source tarball.
2. Add autogen.sh to source tarball. 60d5432697
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   jgarzik commented at 4:10 am on July 11, 2015: contributor

   Concept ACK - though why not use EXTRA_DIST?
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   randy-waterhouse commented at 4:33 am on July 11, 2015: contributor

   We use the noinst because this script is packaged with the src only for building/dev but not to be installed in system directories as are execution/docs/helper script, etc files. tl;dr it gets ignored by the “make install” step but is packaged with src for building/dev.
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   jgarzik commented at 4:36 am on July 11, 2015: contributor

   @randy-waterhouse EXTRA_DIST files are not installed with “make install”
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   randy-waterhouse commented at 5:03 am on July 11, 2015: contributor

   @jgarzik oh yes right,dist_noinst_SCRIPTS preserves attributes as they are in the source, and treats it correctly as if it is a source script file with autotool rules that apply to SCRIPTS (that should not be installed) http://www.gnu.org/software/automake/manual/html_node/Scripts.html#Scripts EXTRA_DIST is for files that cannot be handled by regular dist variables and is a generic call that just dists files/directories of all types. As a design philosophy I think executable scripts should be placed clearly up front and treated as an executable script by the build system, with all that implies.
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   laanwj commented at 8:00 am on July 11, 2015: member

   utACK
8. laanwj added the label Build system on Jul 11, 2015
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   theuni commented at 4:19 pm on July 13, 2015: member

   ut ACK
10. laanwj merged this on Jul 14, 2015
11. laanwj closed this on Jul 14, 2015

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