Am 23.02.2010 12:20, Simon Richter schrieb: >> IIRC, debhelper modified the upstream config.guess/config.sub files >> during build and that was a serious problem for lintian to keep them >> in diff. I hope that was correct. > > I don't know if the "dh $*" invocation updates these files, but > individual dh_* programs never do. > > The rules you commented out update the files if (possibly) newer ones > are available, which of course makes them show up in the diff. The best > (and only) way to avoid that and still have them updated is to > build-depend on autotools-dev, delete the files in the "clean" target > and copy them unconditionally before running the configure script. > > This will still give warnings from dpkg-source (because it won't > generate a diff for deleted files), but that can be safely ignored.
So it is best practise to use always the latest autotools-dev during compiling. Removing them afterwards in the delete target should not cause anything mentioned in the diff. Sounds logical if i get you correct. Stefan -- Stefan Bauer ----------------------------------------- PGP: E80A 50D5 2D46 341C A887 F05D 5C81 5858 DCEF 8C34 -------- plzk.de - Linux - because it works ---------- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
