On Sun, 25 Nov 2001, Stefano Zacchiroli wrote: > On Sun, Nov 25, 2001 at 01:29:18PM +0000, Mark Brown wrote: > > Do you actually need to call auto*? Normally packages just use the > > generated files upstream provides unless there's some particular reason > > not to. > > yes, I need to call auto* because the sources are from a cvs repository > on which the generated files aren't stored.
You can call auto* BEFORE you package it, and add the proper touch stuff in debian/rules to take care of the timestamp skew caused by the diff. This way, autobuilders and Debian users do not neet to run auto*, and you can remove it from your build-dependencies. I do the samething for all my packages in CVS. -- "One disk to rule them all, One disk to find them. One disk to bring them all and in the darkness grind them. In the Land of Redmond where the shadows lie." -- The Silicon Valley Tarot Henrique Holschuh -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
