On Thu, Nov 06, 2003 at 11:53:48AM +1100, Zenaan Harkness wrote: > debhelper puts the following into the "clean" rule in debian/rules: > > ifneq "$(wildcard /usr/share/misc/config.sub)" "" > cp -f /usr/share/misc/config.sub config.sub > endif > ifneq "$(wildcard /usr/share/misc/config.guess)" "" > cp -f /usr/share/misc/config.guess config.guess > endif > > Three questions: > - why are these two files copied in? > - are they necessary for the build of the program I am packaging? > - they make my .diff.gz file twice their otherwise size; can I delete > that entry from my rules file altogether, or otherwise remove them from > the output?
Three days ago there was http://lists.debian.org/debian-mentors/2003/debian-mentors-200311/msg00030.html with these lines: | Or just copy in updated config.guess and config.sub files manually each | time it becomes necessary; that way you might also remember to tell | upstream that they should update their copies, which is something a good | Debian maintainer should be doing. | | Cheers, | | -- | Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > tia > zen > Geert Stappers -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
