On Saturday 27 June 2009 21:51:24 Robert Millan wrote: > The stamp file used for configure target is config.status, which is always > present with configure scripts generated by autoconf. However, not all > configure scripts are generated by autoconf. > > A number of projects ship a script with similar semantics that will > generate Makefile but not config.status (qemu and mplayer are two notable > examples). > > I recommend that Makefile is used as stamp file instead. This prevents > redundant configure runs on such packages.
But not all configure scripts generate a Makefile either. A valid solution may be to provide a variable that allows specifying the stamp file. But the default has to stay config.status. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
