After discussion with cjwatson in #ubuntu-devel, it looks like this is just a dpkg-specific packaging/build-rules issue; by default, packages will use dh_autoreconf, which will call autoreconf -f to force (re)creation of the configure file. The dpkg package has its own debian/rules call to autoreconf, however, and it doesn't pass -f.
This has been fixed (maybe unintentionally) upstream by commit c72f539b979a0c8647d2a6c62ee45565cd243b3d which moves the call to autoreconf into an 'autogen' file, but also more importantly changes the call from 'autoreconf -v -i' to 'autoreconf -f -i'. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1842947 Title: dpkg 1.19.0.5ubuntu2.2 build did not recreate 'configure' file, losing changes in 'configure.ac' To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/dpkg/+bug/1842947/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
