Bug#746514: Autoreconf during build

2016-03-31 Thread Niels Thykier
On Fri, 8 May 2015 14:43:45 +0200 Bill Allombert wrote: > On Sun, Jul 13, 2014 at 09:36:26AM +0900, Charles Plessy wrote: > > Altogether, the wording was not restrictive as I thought. > > > > Nevertheless, what would people think of adding a bit more explanation on > > the > > purpose of replaci

Bug#746514: Autoreconf during build

2015-05-11 Thread Santiago Vila
+ If your package includes the scripts config.sub and + config.guess, you should arrange for the versions + provided by the package autotools-dev be used + instead (see autotools-dev documentation for + details how to achieve that). This ensures that th

Bug#746514: Autoreconf during build

2015-05-08 Thread Kurt Roeckx
On Fri, May 08, 2015 at 02:43:45PM +0200, Bill Allombert wrote: > On Sun, Jul 13, 2014 at 09:36:26AM +0900, Charles Plessy wrote: > > Altogether, the wording was not restrictive as I thought. > > > > Nevertheless, what would people think of adding a bit more explanation on > > the > > purpose of

Bug#746514: Autoreconf during build

2015-05-08 Thread Bill Allombert
On Sun, Jul 13, 2014 at 09:36:26AM +0900, Charles Plessy wrote: > Altogether, the wording was not restrictive as I thought. > > Nevertheless, what would people think of adding a bit more explanation on the > purpose of replacing these files ? Not all readers will have > /usr/share/doc/autotools-d

Bug#746514: Autoreconf during build

2014-07-12 Thread Charles Plessy
> >> Le Thu, Jul 10, 2014 at 04:46:53PM +0200, Bill Allombert a écrit : > >> > + > >> > + If your package includes the scripts config.sub > >> > and > >> > + config.guess, you should arrange for the versions > >> > + provided by the package autotools-dev be > >> > us

Bug#746514: Autoreconf during build

2014-07-12 Thread Dimitri John Ledkov
On 12 July 2014 19:50, Bill Allombert wrote: > On Sat, Jul 12, 2014 at 09:42:23AM +0900, Charles Plessy wrote: >> Le Thu, Jul 10, 2014 at 04:46:53PM +0200, Bill Allombert a écrit : >> > >> > + >> > + If your package includes the scripts config.sub and >> > + config.guess,

Bug#746514: Autoreconf during build

2014-07-12 Thread Bill Allombert
On Sat, Jul 12, 2014 at 09:42:23AM +0900, Charles Plessy wrote: > Le Thu, Jul 10, 2014 at 04:46:53PM +0200, Bill Allombert a écrit : > > > > + > > + If your package includes the scripts config.sub and > > + config.guess, you should arrange for the versions > > +

Bug#746514: Autoreconf during build

2014-07-11 Thread Charles Plessy
Le Thu, Jul 10, 2014 at 04:46:53PM +0200, Bill Allombert a écrit : > > + > + If your package includes the scripts config.sub and > + config.guess, you should arrange for the versions > + provided by the package autotools-dev be used > + instead (see

Bug#746514: Autoreconf during build

2014-07-10 Thread Bill Allombert
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 upd

Bug#746514: Autoreconf during build

2014-05-18 Thread Bill Allombert
On Wed, Apr 30, 2014 at 05:02:00PM -0700, Steve Langasek wrote: > On Thu, May 01, 2014 at 01:34:05AM +0200, Bernd Zeimetz wrote: > > On 04/30/2014 10:36 PM, Kurt Roeckx wrote: > > > Package: debian-policy > > > > It seems that a lot of packages do not use something like > > > autoreconf during bui

Bug#746514: Autoreconf during build

2014-04-30 Thread Steve Langasek
On Thu, May 01, 2014 at 01:34:05AM +0200, Bernd Zeimetz wrote: > On 04/30/2014 10:36 PM, 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 m

Bug#746514: Autoreconf during build

2014-04-30 Thread Bernd Zeimetz
On 04/30/2014 10:36 PM, 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. Do you have

Bug#746514: Autoreconf during build

2014-04-30 Thread Kurt Roeckx
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 upd

Bug#746514: Autoreconf during build

2014-04-30 Thread Kurt Roeckx
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