Quoting IOhannes m zmoelnig (2013-10-10 10:34:43) > currently DEB_AUTO_UPDATE_AUTOMAKE (and friends) take a fixed VERSION > number, which makes cdbs create a build-dependency on > "automake-VERSION". > > currently older versions of automake (up to 1.11) are scheduled for > removal [1], while newer versions (like automake-1.14) are not in > wheezy, making backporting of packages needlessly complicated. > > i would suggest to allow ranges of the versions (e.g. > DEB_AUTO_UPDATE_AUTOMAKE_MINVERSION and ..._MAXVERSION), that would > create a versioned build-dependency on 'automaken', and call > `automake` (rather than the versioned name) during the build-process. > > this also applies to the other AUTO-foo.
Great approach! I've wanted to deal with this for some time but wanted and approach that was backporting-friendly, which this could be. I am pretty bogged down currently - will you try implement it? - Jonas -- * Jonas Smedegaard - idealist & Internet-arkitekt * Tlf.: +45 40843136 Website: http://dr.jones.dk/ [x] quote me freely [ ] ask before reusing [ ] keep private
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