Mike Hommey wrote: > On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 02:15:44PM -0500, Joey Hess wrote: > > Mike Hommey wrote: > > > dh_auto_configure currently doesn't check whether the configure script it > > > calls comes from autoconf 2.13 or a newer version, and calls it, when not > > > cross compiling, with --build=... only. > > > > AIUI, if --host= is used with autoconf 2.52+ it goes into cross-compile > > mode. Since 16 packages and falling build-depend on autoconf 2.13, I > > think it's best to not do complex, error-prone etc file parsing > > to determine the version used, and instead let those 17 packages > > override dh_auto_configure. > > Note there are more than 17 packages using autoconf 2.13 generated > packages. I can name you 7 I know that don't build-depend on autoconf2.13. > > Isn't checking for "Generated automatically using autoconf version 2.13" > in the configure file header safe enough ?
While the number has apparently gone up to 26 packages build-depending on it now, I am not particularly bothered if 26, or whatever, that use an override with a customized call to configure. Putting this in debhelper seems complicated, error-prone, and probably not likely to make many people's lives easier; not a net win. -- see shy jo
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