Always use the newest released copies of files brought in from Automake.

Author: bhaible

ChangeLog

@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+2016-12-04  Bruno Haible  <bruno@clisp.org>
+
+	Always use the newest released copies of files brought in from Automake.
+	* Makefile.devel (srclib/Makefile.in): Make sure to get new versions of
+	files brought in by automake.
+	* build-aux/install-sh: Remove from version control.
+	* build-aux/missing: Likewise.
+
 2016-12-04  Bruno Haible  <bruno@clisp.org>
 
 	Always use the newest copies of config.guess, config.sub.

Makefile.devel

@@ -91,7 +91,9 @@ srclib/Makefile.in : srclib/Makefile.am srclib/Makefile.gnulib
 	  $$GNULIB_TOOL --copy-file build-aux/ar-lib; \
 	  $$GNULIB_TOOL --copy-file build-aux/compile; \
 	fi
-	$(AUTOMAKE) --gnits --add-missing srclib/Makefile
+# Make sure we get new versions of files brought in by automake.
+	(cd build-aux && rm -f ar-lib compile depcomp install-sh mdate-sh missing test-driver)
+	$(AUTOMAKE) --gnits --add-missing --copy srclib/Makefile
 
 gnulib-imported-files : force
 	if test -n "$$GNULIB_TOOL"; then \