+ Simon Josefsson (Fri, 17 Apr 2009 09:58:15 +0200):
> > Regarding autotools-dev, it is used by debian/rules and does useful
> > stuff:
> > cp -f /usr/share/misc/config.sub config.sub
> > cp -f /usr/share/misc/config.guess config.guess
> Those files will never be used during the build, upstream libidn uses
> these files from build-aux/ since many release ago.
Then maybe they should be copied to build-aux? Or ensure they’re copied
to the appropriate place.
> > You can read /usr/share/doc/autotools-dev/README.Debian.gz for some
> > information.
> I've read it, but I think it is based on old understanding of
> autoconf/automake/libtool. For example, it doesn't discuss autoconf
> 2.6x and libtool 2.x at all. The files shipped in the autotools-dev
> file are older than what libidn ships. So I think autotools-dev does
> more harm than good in this case.
Hm, then it sounds like a bug in autotools-dev, rather than a motive to
ditch it completely. Anyway, it’s your choice, and my job here is done. :-)
Cheers,
--
- Are you sure we're good?
- Always.
-- Rory and Lorelai
--
To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org
with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
