Control: tags -1 - moreinfo On Thu, Dec 08, 2022 at 05:56:18PM +0100, Andreas Tille wrote: > I agree that this configure script looks auto generated but IMHO it can > be considered machine readable and editable with some effort. I could > imagine that it is hard to edit for your cross-building effort. > However, this is the first time a FTBFS bug is filed for the lack of > some configure.ac file. Am I missing something our should this be > discussed on debian-devel list first since this might end up in a MBF.
This is not a FTBFS bug. It's a DFSG bug. Packages are so frequently rejected from NEW for this reason that it made it to the reject FAQ: https://ftp-master.debian.org/REJECT-FAQ.html -> "Source missing" I think the most prominent example is #762638. Helmut
