On Fri, Jul 27, 2012 at 09:28:49AM +0200, Salvo Tomaselli wrote: > the current package has a patch that basically is a replacement of the > configure script. The patch is extremely complicated and i guess not really > meant for human eyes. > > What i was trying to do is to use dh_autoreconf and have the configure script > regenerated automatically instead of including a patch i can't check. > > But the autoreconf command fails. I've tried multiple versions and it always > fails giving a long list of warnings about missing template and then > > autoreconf: /usr/bin/autoheader failed with exit status: 1
Ie, the package is shipping code without source. A "configure" script is as far away from something readable/editable as you can be while still using shell. I don't think anyone can possibly call it "a preferred form for modification" with a straight face. Yet another example why --disable-maintainer-mode is bad. -- Copyright and patents were never about promoting culture and innovations; from the very start they were legalized bribes to give the king some income and to let businesses get rid of competition. For some history, please read https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Statute_of_Monopolies_1623 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
