Re: Build-depends: autoconf, automake ?

2000-11-28 Thread Matt Zimmerman
On Tue, Nov 28, 2000 at 01:00:41AM -0500, Steve Robbins wrote: > On Mon, 27 Nov 2000, Matt Zimmerman wrote: > > I ship the upstream sources with the original Makefile.in's to avoid a huge > > diff, and only patched Makefile.am's. I believe the automake-generated > > makefiles will automatically r

Re: Build-depends: autoconf, automake ?

2000-11-28 Thread Steve Robbins
On Mon, 27 Nov 2000, Matt Zimmerman wrote: > On Sun, Nov 26, 2000 at 02:40:51PM -0500, Steve Robbins wrote: > > > In light of the above, one solution that suggests itself is to just stick > > autoconf and automake in the Build-depends line, and > > > > 1. run "make maintainer-clean" in debian/ru

Re: Build-depends: autoconf, automake ?

2000-11-27 Thread Matt Zimmerman
On Tue, Nov 28, 2000 at 01:00:41AM -0500, Steve Robbins wrote: > On Mon, 27 Nov 2000, Matt Zimmerman wrote: > > I ship the upstream sources with the original Makefile.in's to avoid a huge > > diff, and only patched Makefile.am's. I believe the automake-generated > > makefiles will automatically

Re: Build-depends: autoconf, automake ?

2000-11-27 Thread Steve Robbins
On Mon, 27 Nov 2000, Matt Zimmerman wrote: > On Sun, Nov 26, 2000 at 02:40:51PM -0500, Steve Robbins wrote: > > > In light of the above, one solution that suggests itself is to just stick > > autoconf and automake in the Build-depends line, and > > > > 1. run "make maintainer-clean" in debian/r

Re: Build-depends: autoconf, automake ?

2000-11-27 Thread Matt Zimmerman
On Sun, Nov 26, 2000 at 02:40:51PM -0500, Steve Robbins wrote: > In light of the above, one solution that suggests itself is to just stick > autoconf and automake in the Build-depends line, and > > 1. run "make maintainer-clean" in debian/rules(clean), to avoid diffing >Makefile.in files, and

Re: Build-depends: autoconf, automake ?

2000-11-27 Thread Matt Zimmerman
On Sun, Nov 26, 2000 at 02:40:51PM -0500, Steve Robbins wrote: > In light of the above, one solution that suggests itself is to just stick > autoconf and automake in the Build-depends line, and > > 1. run "make maintainer-clean" in debian/rules(clean), to avoid diffing >Makefile.in files, an

Re: Build-depends: autoconf, automake ?

2000-11-26 Thread Mariusz Przygodzki
On Sunday 26 November 2000 21:17, Steve Robbins wrote: > On Sun, 26 Nov 2000, Mariusz Przygodzki wrote: > > On Sunday 26 November 2000 20:40, Steve Robbins wrote: > > > 1. Automake inserts a makefile variable "TAR" into every Makefile.in > > > generated. Upstream has "TAR = gtar", but I have "TAR

Re: Build-depends: autoconf, automake ?

2000-11-26 Thread Mariusz Przygodzki
On Sunday 26 November 2000 21:22, Adrian Bunk wrote: > On Sun, 26 Nov 2000, Mariusz Przygodzki wrote: > >... > > have to use it just once. Probably you will not avoid to rebuild > > configure stuff but I think it's not a problem, just only bigger > > *.diff.gz. > > You can avoid the bigger *.diff.g

Re: Build-depends: autoconf, automake ?

2000-11-26 Thread Adrian Bunk
On Sun, 26 Nov 2000, Mariusz Przygodzki wrote: >... > have to use it just once. Probably you will not avoid to rebuild configure > stuff but I think it's not a problem, just only bigger *.diff.gz. You can avoid the bigger *.diff.gz if you remove generated files like configure in the clean target.

Re: Build-depends: autoconf, automake ?

2000-11-26 Thread Steve Robbins
On Sun, 26 Nov 2000, Mariusz Przygodzki wrote: > On Sunday 26 November 2000 20:40, Steve Robbins wrote: > > 1. Automake inserts a makefile variable "TAR" into every Makefile.in > > generated. Upstream has "TAR = gtar", but I have "TAR = tar", greatly > > (and needlessly) inflating the .diff. The

Re: Build-depends: autoconf, automake ?

2000-11-26 Thread Mariusz Przygodzki
On Sunday 26 November 2000 20:40, Steve Robbins wrote: > 1. Automake inserts a makefile variable "TAR" into every Makefile.in > generated. Upstream has "TAR = gtar", but I have "TAR = tar", greatly > (and needlessly) inflating the .diff. The value of TAR is hardcoded into > automake itself. I do

Build-depends: autoconf, automake ?

2000-11-26 Thread Steve Robbins
Hi, The package I'm working on [Geomview] uses automake & autoconf, so I thought "great! I know how this stuff works". But I keep running into small buglets like the following. 1. Automake inserts a makefile variable "TAR" into every Makefile.in generated. Upstream has "TAR = gtar", but I hav

Re: Build-depends: autoconf, automake ?

2000-11-26 Thread Mariusz Przygodzki
On Sunday 26 November 2000 21:17, Steve Robbins wrote: > On Sun, 26 Nov 2000, Mariusz Przygodzki wrote: > > On Sunday 26 November 2000 20:40, Steve Robbins wrote: > > > 1. Automake inserts a makefile variable "TAR" into every Makefile.in > > > generated. Upstream has "TAR = gtar", but I have "TAR

Re: Build-depends: autoconf, automake ?

2000-11-26 Thread Mariusz Przygodzki
On Sunday 26 November 2000 21:22, Adrian Bunk wrote: > On Sun, 26 Nov 2000, Mariusz Przygodzki wrote: > >... > > have to use it just once. Probably you will not avoid to rebuild > > configure stuff but I think it's not a problem, just only bigger > > *.diff.gz. > > You can avoid the bigger *.diff.

Re: Build-depends: autoconf, automake ?

2000-11-26 Thread Adrian Bunk
On Sun, 26 Nov 2000, Mariusz Przygodzki wrote: >... > have to use it just once. Probably you will not avoid to rebuild configure > stuff but I think it's not a problem, just only bigger *.diff.gz. You can avoid the bigger *.diff.gz if you remove generated files like configure in the clean target

Re: Build-depends: autoconf, automake ?

2000-11-26 Thread Steve Robbins
On Sun, 26 Nov 2000, Mariusz Przygodzki wrote: > On Sunday 26 November 2000 20:40, Steve Robbins wrote: > > 1. Automake inserts a makefile variable "TAR" into every Makefile.in > > generated. Upstream has "TAR = gtar", but I have "TAR = tar", greatly > > (and needlessly) inflating the .diff. Th

Re: Build-depends: autoconf, automake ?

2000-11-26 Thread Mariusz Przygodzki
On Sunday 26 November 2000 20:40, Steve Robbins wrote: > 1. Automake inserts a makefile variable "TAR" into every Makefile.in > generated. Upstream has "TAR = gtar", but I have "TAR = tar", greatly > (and needlessly) inflating the .diff. The value of TAR is hardcoded into > automake itself. I d

Build-depends: autoconf, automake ?

2000-11-26 Thread Steve Robbins
Hi, The package I'm working on [Geomview] uses automake & autoconf, so I thought "great! I know how this stuff works". But I keep running into small buglets like the following. 1. Automake inserts a makefile variable "TAR" into every Makefile.in generated. Upstream has "TAR = gtar", but I ha