Hi Gerrit, Gerrit Pape wrote:
> I learned in the past that using the auto* tools create more work than > gain in the long run. At some time they get updated again and force the > maintainer to adapt, or something goes wrong with the build. Autotools upstream has become much better about this lately, but I understand. > I try to > avoid these tools whereever possible, and I don't think the dash package > needs them. Yes, a nice long-term idea might be to use a trick from git: * configure script generates Makefile snippet * Makefile uses the "include" feature to include that Makefile snippet so use of autotools could be optional. POSIX "make" requires the "include" feature nowadays, and I think it's fairly portable. I'll think about this. > Instead I suggest to patch ./configure if necessary. In this case let's just drop the unnecessary patch ([SHELL] Port to Solaris, 2011-03-15). The result is at git://repo.or.cz/dash/debian/jrn.git proposed-updates (commit e5ee7764, candidate+patches at commit 5ee25045) and seems to work well. Thanks. Jonathan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-rc-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
