Stuart Henderson <s...@spacehopper.org> writes:

> On 2021/02/23 07:44, Rafael Ávila de Espíndola wrote:
>> Thanks!
>> 
>> I see that you added
>> 
>>  touch -r .version Makefile.in aclocal.m4 m4/ltversion.m4 configure
>> 
>> Which I assume is to prevent make from trying to recreate those files. I
>> also see that you upgraded autoconf:
>
> Yes, it happens because the timestamps in the distfile were out of order.
> I added -dm to MAKE_FLAGS while I was figuring this out. None of the
> patches in the port touch autoconf/automake input files so this is ok.
>
>> AUTOCONF_VERSION= 2.69
>> 
>> But given the "touch", is autoconf still needed?
>
> It's needed for tests, I moved it to TEST_DEPENDS as well. (I made sure
> that those still work when libtool is configured/built with autoconf
> not present).
>
> Re AUTOCONF_VERSION, I checked the version of the bundled generated
> configure script and set the same, this is usually the best method for
> ports.

Makes sense. Thanks for the tips.

Cheers,
Rafael

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