On 9 Apr 1998, Ben Gertzfield wrote: > >>>>> "Santiago" == Santiago Vila <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Santiago> I disagree here. > > Santiago> If you put this in a different debian/rules target > Santiago> (called, for example, automake-refresh), then you and > Santiago> only you would be forced to have automake and autoconf > Santiago> installed, but nobody else. > > That's why the comment said that it's unnecessary for that package. > > For the GIMP packages, it is required; they ship with a libtool > that is incompatible with Debian policy. I have to run > automake/aclocal/autoconf every single time the package builds > to remove all vestiges of the old libtool and replace it with the > Debian libtool.
You actually only need to run it once. Once they've been run once (probably right after porting your changes into a new version), the updated files are left behind and will be included in the diff generated when you build the package. -- Scott K. Ellis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.gate.net/~storm/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
