On 2020/05/19 13:53, Marc Espie wrote: > On Tue, May 19, 2020 at 12:26:45PM +0100, Stuart Henderson wrote: > > This adds the runstatedir patch from autoconf git. It was added upstream > > in 2013 but there hasn't been a newer release; some Linux distros have been > > patching it in their 2.69 packages for years. > > > > I don't _really_ like doing this but it's causing a problem for people > > who want to make distfiles on OpenBSD that are usable on Linux (portable > > openbgpd etc) and it's a simple diff - the changes in the produced files > > are small so it's still easy to verify nothing malicious has been added > > for people who are verifying autoconf-generated configure files in ports > > etc. > > > > Any big objections? OKs? (if it is acceptable I'll put it through a bulk > > build before commit). > > Okay for me. > > Did we ping upstream ?...
No but it does look like things maybe gradually moving forwards now: https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/autoconf/2020-03/msg00063.html
