On Wed, Apr 30, 2014 at 10:36:34PM +0200, Kurt Roeckx wrote: > Package: debian-policy > > It seems that a lot of packages do not use something like > autoreconf during build, and every time someone starts a new > port he has to patches way too many packages to get config.guess > and config.sub updated. > > I would like that we say that at least config.guess and config.sub > must be updated during the build process and that things like > configure should be regenerated during the build process.
I would also like to add that it must always be possible to regenerate something like configure, and I consider it to be an RC bug if you can't do (missing source or can't be build from source). Kurt -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-policy-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/20140430205621.ga2...@roeckx.be
