On Sun, 31 Aug 2014, Ben Pfaff wrote: > On Fri, Aug 29, 2014 at 12:25:33AM -0400, Benjamin Kaduk wrote: > > Package: autoconf > > Version: 2.69-7 > > Severity: wishlist > > > > Upstream autoconf has introduced the ability to set runstatedir with an > > argument to configure, for the 2.70 release. > > > > I would like to use this feature for krb5, to put a socket used at runtime > > in /run instead of /etc/. > > It looks like Autoconf 2.70 is not yet released. I am nervous, in any > case, about upgrading Debian is a whole new version of Autoconf at this > stage in the release.
I don't think I was intending to suggest a wholesale upgrade, rather that we investigate applying a patch to the Debian package. > Have you taken a look at what patches would be required to add just this > feature to Autoconf 2.69? If they are small, then it might be > appropriate to apply just those patches to the Debian package. I had not previously looked, but it appears to be just a single commit, http://git.savannah.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=autoconf.git;a=commitdiff;h=a197431414088a417b407b9b20583b2e8f7363bd That's all that 'git log -S runstatedir' finds, and the only time 'runstatedir' is mentioned in commit messages since then. -Ben -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
