On Mon, Mar 14, 2005 at 01:18:12AM -0500, Kurt B. Kaiser wrote: > Machine generated files (e.g. configure) constructed by autotools > should not be in CVS.
> However, these files (as generated by the Debian maintainer's autotools > run before the upload) should be included in the source package via the > .diff.gz. so that the user doesn't need autotools. > Therefore, the Debian maintainer should run autotools using current > config.{sub,guess} before the diff.gz file is generated, possibly via > an 'autogen.sh' script. I think you got this last big backwards. config.{sub,guess} are used by the configure script, not autoconf. So you can run autoconf at package-source creation-time, and still gain the benefits of current config.{sub,guess} at package (re)build-time. In fact, I believe that was the original motivation for autotools-dev, since config.{sub,guess} needed to be updated due to the fluidity of some ports (I think the mips, sh and BSD ports were/are the most common "FTBFS: Update config.{sub,guess}", but I could be wrong.) -- ----------------------------------------------------------- Paul "TBBle" Hampson, MCSE 8th year CompSci/Asian Studies student, ANU The Boss, Bubblesworth Pty Ltd (ABN: 51 095 284 361) [EMAIL PROTECTED] "No survivors? Then where do the stories come from I wonder?" -- Capt. Jack Sparrow, "Pirates of the Caribbean" This email is licensed to the recipient for non-commercial use, duplication and distribution. -----------------------------------------------------------
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