On Thu, Sep 18, 2014 at 2:26 PM, Jonathan Dowlandwrote: > But how do you feel about the slightly different situation of shipping a > pristine tarball but not performing an autoreconf (etc etc) prior to > ./configure -- thus deviating from the "normal" process of building that > package from source? At least it's very clear how an > autoconf-output-stripped tarball is going to be built.
We should be moving towards this: Pristine upstream tarballs. Build tools automatically removing generated files (including autotools files) and unmodified embedded code copies (including autotools related files, m4 macros etc). -- bye, pabs https://wiki.debian.org/PaulWise -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-project-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/caktje6ebnstktznzzynwtsmrwa2roaqffya2nk9dezcysd8...@mail.gmail.com
