Re: [Gretl-devel] Suggestion for Makefile.in and news about my compiling problem

On Fri, 26 Aug 2011, Hélio Guilherme wrote: Deleting your ~/.gretl directory will not do any harm, but neither will it help if gretl's configuration is confused, since it contains no configuration information. The file to delete if you're worried about a possibly confused configuration is ~/.gretl2rc (a plain text file, not a directory). I've said this before, but if you're a long-term gretl CVS user it is important that the command you use for doing your CVS updates is cvs update -d -P The "-d" says to add any new directories that have been created in the repository. These are not added by default with a plain "cvs update", but the gretl build will surely be broken if you do not add new directories as they appear. The "-P" says to prune (delete) files that are in your local copy but have been removed from the repository. Again, this does not happen by default, but the presence of stale files in your CVS tree may well break the gretl build. In addition, it's important to pay attention to any messages you get from cvs when updating. From time to time cvs may report an inconsistency between what's in your local copy and what's on the server. For example, if you have modified a file relative to what is on the server but have not committed your modification. Such inconsistencies are, once again, likely to break the build. If inconsistencies accumulate, the best approach is to delete your whole CVS tree and start again. Allin Cottrell