On Tue, Jun 26, 2018 at 11:02:11PM +0200, Christoph Berg wrote: > Re: Anton Gladky 2018-06-26 > <CALF6qJ=FoghWqT3X-cdv1xEKM0J7mMGz=ifxnbs-dd+1k4t...@mail.gmail.com> > > thank you for bug report. Makefile.in was needed for some reasons. > > If it will be removed, not sure the package will compile, needs to be > > checked.
Upstream ships debian/ and the toplevel Makefile.am has debian in SUBDIRS. Patching the toplevel Makefile.am is an option, but the resulting patch not be upstreamable. I'd suggest fixing this bug with: rm debian/Makefile.in touch debian/Makefile.am echo debian/Makefile.in > debian/clean > > Anyway, the file is in a human-readable format, though generated. > > I do not think there are some legal problems with it. Thus I have > > reduced the bug`s severity. > > What about debian/Makefile.am? Does that still exist somewhere? http://gerris.dalembert.upmc.fr/darcs/gfsview-stable/debian/Makefile.am > Can Makefile.in be generated from it? Yes. > Christoph cu Adrian -- "Is there not promise of rain?" Ling Tan asked suddenly out of the darkness. There had been need of rain for many days. "Only a promise," Lao Er said. Pearl S. Buck - Dragon Seed
