> >>Max Bowsher wrote: > >> > >>>IMO, a simple bootstrap.sh containing the appropriate autotool > >>>commands would be better. > >>> > >> > >>A source release for a binary package isn't supposed to require > >>autotools. IIRC, this is GNU standards mandated; if not it certainly > >>is autoconf mandated. The configure script exists for the > >>non-maintainer. > > > > > > You're right - I just hate the *huge* patches that result from this. >
.... Rabbit, meet the rabbit hole. Rob
