Your message dated Wed, 25 Feb 2026 05:48:31 +0000
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and subject line Bug#988981: fixed in dh-autoreconf 22
has caused the Debian Bug report #988981,
regarding dh-autoreconf: please switch autoconf to verbose mode
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Package: dh-autoreconf
Version: 20
Severity: wishlist
Tags: patch
Hello.
The policy now recommends verbose logs unless DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS
contains terse.
By default, autoreconf does not say in which subdirectory it enters,
which is quite inconvenient when debugging a failure.
Please consider applying the attached patch.
--- a/dh_autoreconf
+++ b/dh_autoreconf
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@
=item I<program> B<--> I<params>
Run the program given by I<program> with the arguments given by I<params>
-instead of autoreconf -f -i. If you need to run multiple commands, put them in
+instead of autoreconf -f -i -v. If you need to run multiple commands, put them in
a script and pass the script instead (or add a target to debian/rules).
=back
@@ -175,8 +175,10 @@
if (grep_configure("^XDT_")) {
$ENV{NOCONFIGURE}='1';
doit('xdt-autogen', @directories);
- } else {
+ } elsif (get_buildoption("terse")) {
doit('autoreconf', '-f', '-i', @directories);
+ } else {
+ doit('autoreconf', '-f', '-i', '-v', @directories);
}
}
1;
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Source: dh-autoreconf
Source-Version: 22
Done: Nicolas Boulenguez <[email protected]>
We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
dh-autoreconf, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive.
A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is
attached.
Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed. If you
have further comments please address them to [email protected],
and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate.
Debian distribution maintenance software
pp.
Nicolas Boulenguez <[email protected]> (supplier of updated dh-autoreconf
package)
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Date: Wed, 25 Feb 2026 05:16:13 +0000
Source: dh-autoreconf
Architecture: source
Version: 22
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: medium
Maintainer: dh-autoreconf maintainers <[email protected]>
Changed-By: Nicolas Boulenguez <[email protected]>
Closes: 988981
Changes:
dh-autoreconf (22) unstable; urgency=medium
.
* Team upload.
.
[ Julian Andres Klode ]
* Set maintainer to [email protected]
.
[ Nicolas Boulenguez ]
* Make the documentation more accessible to newcomers
* Pass -v to autoreconf except with the terse build option. Closes: #988981.
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