On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 02:15:44PM -0500, Joey Hess wrote: > Mike Hommey wrote: > > dh_auto_configure currently doesn't check whether the configure script it > > calls comes from autoconf 2.13 or a newer version, and calls it, when not > > cross compiling, with --build=... only. > > AIUI, if --host= is used with autoconf 2.52+ it goes into cross-compile > mode. Since 16 packages and falling build-depend on autoconf 2.13, I > think it's best to not do complex, error-prone etc file parsing > to determine the version used, and instead let those 17 packages > override dh_auto_configure.
Note there are more than 17 packages using autoconf 2.13 generated packages. I can name you 7 I know that don't build-depend on autoconf2.13. Isn't checking for "Generated automatically using autoconf version 2.13" in the configure file header safe enough ? Mike -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
