The following feature request was reported against the Debian packaging
for Autoconf as bug #776559. I'm forwarding it to the autoconf mailing
list in case anyone wants to comment or implement this feature request.
I'd appreciate it if followups would retain the CC to
776...@bugs.debian.org, because that allows the Debian bug tracker to
automatically track the conversation.
Thanks,
Ben.
----- Forwarded message from Paul Wise <p...@debian.org> -----
Date: Thu, 29 Jan 2015 17:43:19 +0800
From: Paul Wise <p...@debian.org>
To: Debian Bug Tracking System <sub...@bugs.debian.org>
Subject: Bug#776559: autoupdate: add option that reports needed updates to
configure.ac
X-Mailer: Evolution 3.12.9-1+b1
Package: autoconf
Severity: wishlist
File: /usr/bin/autoupdate
Usertags: check-all-the-things
I would like to have an option for autoupdate that doesn't modify
configure.ac but instead reports the needed changes to stdout. This is
needed to non-destructively report that configure.ac needs updating. In
addition it should use a temporary directory for autom4te.cache/ so that
the existing one if any doesn't get modified.
The context is that I'm working on a tool to check all of the files in a
source package and I would like to check the autotools parts too.
https://anonscm.debian.org/cgit/collab-maint/check-all-the-things.git
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bye,
pabs
https://wiki.debian.org/PaulWise
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