Michael Biebl: > Am 25.03.2017 um 08:58 schrieb Niels Thykier: >> Michael Biebl: >>> Am 24.03.2017 um 06:53 schrieb Michael Biebl: > >>> Related to that: For a source tree which ships both meson.build files >>> and configure.ac, autoreconf is run, even if I explicitly choose meson >>> via dh $@ --buildsystem=meson >>> >>> Niels, is there a way how I can skip the dh-autoreconf step(s) if meson >>> is used? >>> >>> Michael >>> >> >> That would be #842246. The easiest thing is probably just overriding >> command. > > Hm, I see, so apparently/obviously other build systems are affected by > this as well. > > By overriding, do you mean, that package maintainers have to that > manually via > > %: > dh --without autoreconf > > Or did you mean something else? >
That or an empty "override_dh_autoreconf" target. > Ideally dh_update_autotools_config and dh_autoreconf are only run if the > active build system is autotools. True, though I suspect that most packages will just have a slightly expense "noop" (or "noise-op"). I am aware of I think 1 package where it is an actual problem (the package listed in #842246) because autoreconf actually fails. > Is it possible to change dh to only add the autoreconf sequence > depending on whether autotools is the active build system (not just > autodetected). > Patches are welcome. I think it is "just" a question of having a "reconfigure" step, which would have this logic and only do those changes if it is an autotools based build. FYI: The primary thing keeping me back from merging dh-autoreconf fully is the optional patching to "libtool". If we can have that merged into libtool itself, I am happy to completely integrate dh-autoreconf. > Or is it possible to decide this from within the > dh_update_autotools_config and dh_autoreconf helpers so they are always > run but become a nop if buildsystem != autotools ? > > In theory, yes, but AFAIR the auto-detection logic/build system selection logic is currently not available outside a "build tool". It would probably have to be separated. If it was, dh could also grow an "--list-buildsystems" so you don't have to use "dh_auto_build --list" for that. Thanks, ~Niels
