Matt Zimmerman wrote: > No, it doesn't. The apt source package does not require autoconf to build, > so it does not need a build-dependency on it. If you can demonstrate > otherwise, please do so.
Played with sbuild, trying to figure out what version number it would give a Debian native package on a bin-NMU build. This vill trigger a autoconf run, as the version number changes. Don't know if this will happen in practice. Peter To reproduce: sbuild --make-binNMU="test binNMU-build" apt_0.5.5 Output from sbuild: ... dpkg-source: extracting apt in apt-0.5.5 *** Created changelog entry for bin-NMU version 0.5.5.0.1 dpkg-buildpackage: source package is apt dpkg-buildpackage: source version is 0.5.5.0.1 dpkg-buildpackage: host architecture is i386 /usr/bin/fakeroot debian/rules clean sed -e 's/0.5.5/0.5.5.0.1/' configure.in > configure.in.$$;mv configure.in.$$ configure.in /usr/bin/make configure make[1]: Entering directory `/build/peter/apt-0.5.5' make[1]: autoconf: Command not found make[1]: *** [configure] Error 127 make[1]: Leaving directory `/build/peter/apt-0.5.5' make: *** [configure] Error 2
