On Sat, Nov 17, 2007 at 08:28:35PM +0000, Neil Williams wrote: > Colin Watson wrote: > > Having read the conversation on debian-devel, I'll do so using the > > autotools-dev recommendations instead. > > Sorry, that won't work. (Otherwise I would have specified that as the > patch.) I start with that as my initial patch and then adjust it to suit > the particular package. The autotools-dev instructions do not work for > base-passwd, just as they do not work for other packages. That may be > due to upstream bugs but the autotools-dev recommendation is only a > recommendation - packages are free to implement things differently. > > Unlike other mass bug filings, the cross build support bugs are prepared > through an entirely manual process, each patch is bespoke for the > particular package.
Please explain in detail. I'm not somebody who applies any patch he's given without explanation of why it is required; given that as far as I can see they ought to work fine, I need a specific rationale for why autotools-dev's recommendations don't work in this case before I make further changes. > > (I also don't see why setting CC > > explicitly is necessary, since configure will do that itself.) > > It does not, in this specific case. I tried that. > :-( Bear in mind that the version against which you filed your bug used Autoconf 2.13; however, the version I had just uploaded the previous day upgraded to Autoconf 2.61. Regards, -- Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
