On 24 May 2001, Guillaume Cottenceau wrote:
> Arnd Bergmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > In theory, autoconf and automake should be _required_ only when creating
> > the tarball but not to install from source, so I would also agree to
> > assume that behaviour and put deviations from that in buildrequires.
> > I have fallen into that trap more than once after a fresh install...
>
> No, I don't agree. Whenever you will patch any Makefile.am or configure.in
> you need autoconf/automake. I'm not gonna change the BuildRequires when I
> add or remove a patch.
>
Good point. I had forgotten about these patches.
I guess BuildRequires for auto* are pretty meaningless then.
The only .spec I found with a quick grep to contain them is
kdelibs and that does not use automake/conf ;-)
Arnd <><
