On Wed, Apr 19, 2006 at 04:03:26AM -0700, Debian Bug Tracking System wrote:
> This is an automatic notification regarding your Bug report
> #359136: tclx8.3: patches generated file,
> which was filed against the tclx8.3 package.
>
> It has been closed by one of the developers, namely
> Massimo Dal Zotto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>.
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> Their explanation is attached below. If this explanation is
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> Date: Wed, 19 Apr 2006 12:44:11 +0200
> From: Massimo Dal Zotto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> Subject: Re: Bug#359136: source: patches generated file
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> On Sun, Mar 26, 2006 at 02:28:41PM -0500, Justin Pryzby wrote:
> > Package: tclx8.3
> > Version: 8.3.5-6
> > Severity: important
> >
> > #356320 was apparently worked around by patching the generated
> > configure file, which is mentioned as a bad practice in policy 4.3.
> >
>
> The configure file is not generated during debian build but distributed
> with the upstream sources, so policy 4.3 doesn't apply in this case.
Policy 4.3 doesn't say that it applies only when the Makefile (or
friends) are regenerated:
If you need to edit a `Makefile' where GNU-style `configure' scripts
are used, you should edit the `.in' files rather than editing the
`Makefile' directly. This allows the user to reconfigure the package
if necessary. You should _not_ configure the package and edit the
generated `Makefile'! This makes it impossible for someone else to
later reconfigure the package without losing the changes you made.
The rationale is that, although Debian is a "binary distribution", it is
common for people to retrieve the sourcecode and recompile locally, or
to use for their own projects.
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