Re: Copyright of composite Makefile.in files

2015-12-04 Thread Dominique Dumont
On Monday 30 November 2015 21:06:17 Ferenc Wagner wrote: > I know of licensecheck, > but this area really cries for more automation and checking. I'm working on it. You can try 'cme update dpkg-copyright' or 'scan- copyrights' provided by libconfig-model-dpkg-perl. Hopefully these commands will

Re: Copyright of composite Makefile.in files

2015-11-30 Thread Ferenc Wagner
Vincent Bernat writes: > ❦ 30 novembre 2015 10:41 +0100, Ferenc Wagner  : > >> Makefile.in files distributed in an upstream tarball often have several >> copyright notices: the FSF copyleft at the top added by Automake and >> later those carried over from other macr

Re: Copyright of composite Makefile.in files

2015-11-30 Thread Ferenc Wagner
Alex Vong writes: > I am not a mentor, the following is just my opinions: I'm afraid that if you answer a question on debian-mentors, you're a mentor by definition. :) > I don't know how Makefile.in is being handled in particular, but I > think in general, if on

Re: Copyright of composite Makefile.in files

2015-11-30 Thread Vincent Bernat
❦ 30 novembre 2015 10:41 +0100, Ferenc Wagner  : > Makefile.in files distributed in an upstream tarball often have several > copyright notices: the FSF copyleft at the top added by Automake and > later those carried over from other macro packages included into > Makefile.am (for exam

Re: Copyright of composite Makefile.in files

2015-11-30 Thread Alex Vong
Hi, I am not a mentor, the following is just my opinions: I think if possible, Makefile.in should not be included in tarball, since dh_autoreconf will re-generate it at build-time anyway. But I think it is fine to keep it if the upstream tarball provides it since it does not worth repacking the

Copyright of composite Makefile.in files

2015-11-30 Thread Ferenc Wagner
Dear mentors, Makefile.in files distributed in an upstream tarball often have several copyright notices: the FSF copyleft at the top added by Automake and later those carried over from other macro packages included into Makefile.am (for example: include doxygen.am). The result is like this

Re: Re: Re: Makefile.in

2001-07-08 Thread Stephen Stafford
e-read the packaging manual. The New Maintainer's > > Guide http://www.debian.org/doc/maint-guide/ is quite good. > > But the maint-guide tells me to modify the Makefile.in file, in order > to build the package with "dpkg-buildpackage -rfakeroot" later. > > I'd

Re: Re: Re: Makefile.in

2001-07-08 Thread Stephen Stafford
e-read the packaging manual. The New Maintainer's > > Guide http://www.debian.org/doc/maint-guide/ is quite good. > > But the maint-guide tells me to modify the Makefile.in file, in order > to build the package with "dpkg-buildpackage -rfakeroot" later. > > I'd

Re: Re: Re: Makefile.in

2001-07-08 Thread Robert Millan
d. But the maint-guide tells me to modify the Makefile.in file, in order to build the package with "dpkg-buildpackage -rfakeroot" later. I'd like to create a source package so i can compile it later for specific archs, does this procedure create a source package too? thank you, --

Re: Re: Makefile.in

2001-07-08 Thread Steve M. Robbins
On Sun, Jul 08, 2001 at 08:57:38PM +0200, Robert Millan wrote: > On Sun, 8 Jul 2001 12:51:31 -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Use the --prefix=/usr option to ./configure > > > > Then when running 'make install' do this instead: > > 'make install prefix=/path/to/temporary/directory' > > > On Sun

Re: Re: Makefile.in

2001-07-08 Thread Robert Millan
t; the INSTALL file! i'm sorry, i forgot to say i don't want to install it but to make a package :) will changing the "prefix = @prefix@" line to "prefix = /usr" do? --Makefile.in SHELL = @SHELL@ srcdir = @srcdir@ top_srcdir = @top_src

Re: Re: Re: Makefile.in

2001-07-08 Thread Robert Millan
d. But the maint-guide tells me to modify the Makefile.in file, in order to build the package with "dpkg-buildpackage -rfakeroot" later. I'd like to create a source package so i can compile it later for specific archs, does this procedure create a source package too? thank you,

Re: Makefile.in

2001-07-08 Thread Steve M. Robbins
On Sun, Jul 08, 2001 at 12:51:31PM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Use the --prefix=/usr option to ./configure > > Then when running 'make install' do this instead: > 'make install prefix=/path/to/temporary/directory' Also, set --mandir=/usr/share/man and --infodir=/usr/share/info, if applicabl

Re: Makefile.in

2001-07-08 Thread mdanish
Use the --prefix=/usr option to ./configure Then when running 'make install' do this instead: 'make install prefix=/path/to/temporary/directory' On Sun, Jul 08, 2001 at 06:39:22PM +0200, Robert Millan wrote: > Hello, > > I'm modifiing a Makefile.in to got rid o

Re: Re: Makefile.in

2001-07-08 Thread Steve M. Robbins
On Sun, Jul 08, 2001 at 08:57:38PM +0200, Robert Millan wrote: > On Sun, 8 Jul 2001 12:51:31 -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Use the --prefix=/usr option to ./configure > > > > Then when running 'make install' do this instead: > > 'make install prefix=/path/to/temporary/directory' > > > On Su

Makefile.in

2001-07-08 Thread Robert Millan
Hello, I'm modifiing a Makefile.in to got rid of the "/usr/local" but i have some doubts. ----Makefile.in SHELL = @SHELL@ srcdir = @srcdir@ top_srcdir = @top_srcdir@ VPATH = @srcdir@ prefix = @prefix@ exec_prefix = @exec_prefix@ bindir = @bindir@ sbindir = @sbin

Re: Re: Makefile.in

2001-07-08 Thread Robert Millan
> the INSTALL file! i'm sorry, i forgot to say i don't want to install it but to make a package :) will changing the "prefix = @prefix@" line to "prefix = /usr" do? --Makefile.in SHELL = @SHELL@ srcdir = @srcdir@ top_srcdir = @top_src

Re: Makefile.in

2001-07-08 Thread Steve M. Robbins
On Sun, Jul 08, 2001 at 12:51:31PM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Use the --prefix=/usr option to ./configure > > Then when running 'make install' do this instead: > 'make install prefix=/path/to/temporary/directory' Also, set --mandir=/usr/share/man and --infodir=/usr/share/info, if applicab

Re: Makefile.in

2001-07-08 Thread mdanish
Use the --prefix=/usr option to ./configure Then when running 'make install' do this instead: 'make install prefix=/path/to/temporary/directory' On Sun, Jul 08, 2001 at 06:39:22PM +0200, Robert Millan wrote: > Hello, > > I'm modifiing a Makefile.in to got

Makefile.in

2001-07-08 Thread Robert Millan
Hello, I'm modifiing a Makefile.in to got rid of the "/usr/local" but i have some doubts. ----Makefile.in SHELL = @SHELL@ srcdir = @srcdir@ top_srcdir = @top_srcdir@ VPATH = @srcdir@ prefix = @prefix@ exec_prefix = @exec_prefix@ bindir = @bindir@ sbindir = @sbin

Re: CVS, Makefile.in, and other cruft

1999-11-19 Thread Itai Zukerman
> > 2. The source archive does not come with a Makefile, only a > > Makefile.in; autoconf must be run before make. > > Unless you mean configure and configure.in, this is a non-issue. Yikes! Yes, of course I meant configure and configure.in, and "autoconf must

Re: CVS, Makefile.in, and other cruft

1999-11-19 Thread Matt Zimmerman
On Thu, Nov 18, 1999 at 09:53:11PM -0500, Itai Zukerman wrote: > 2. The source archive does not come with a Makefile, only a > Makefile.in; autoconf must be run before make. Unless you mean configure and configure.in, this is a non-issue. You only have to run configure to genera

Re: CVS, Makefile.in, and other cruft

1999-11-19 Thread Antti-Juhani Kaijanaho
come with a Makefile, only a > Makefile.in; autoconf must be run before make. > > Is autoconf assumed present for building? No, unless you declare a build-time dependency. > Is there some policy about this? No. Do whatever you feel is right. -- %%% Antti-Juhani Kaijanaho %

CVS, Makefile.in, and other cruft

1999-11-19 Thread Itai Zukerman
I've come across two source archives that I'd like to package, that have these characteristics: 1. The source archive contains CVS subdirectories. Should I remove these before building? Does it matter? 2. The source archive does not come with a Makefile, only a Makefile.in;