Wookey wrote:
> Debian would be much improved in this regard if the default debhelper
> set of things run included the dh_autotools-dev rules. Individual
> packages wouldn't need patching if they already used debhelper or dh -
> it would just work. Overrides could be added to deal with the unusual
> cases, and a --without autotools-dev to disable it.
>
> build-from-source distros like OE have been doing this by default for
> many years and it works very well, removing an enormous amount of
> friction from new ports.
>
> Is there any reason not to make this a default behaviour? I am not aware
> of this ever causing a problem with package builds, even where the
> config.{sub,guess} being replaced are very old.It's not inconceivable that "config.sub" could be used for something entirely different. Ie, config.main, config.sub. I'd be more comfortable doing this if I had some form of proof that every config.sub and config.guess file in every source package were autoconf files. Or, if autotools-dev checked that the files were autoconf files before blowing them away. -- see shy jo
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