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> From: "Nick Coghlan" <ncogh...@gmail.com>
> To: "python-dev" <python-dev@python.org>
> Sent: Sunday, December 8, 2019 2:58:24 PM
> Subject: [Python-Dev] Handling cross-distro variations when running
> autoreconf?
>
> Hi folks,
>
> While reviewing https://github.com/python/cpython/pull/17303/files, I
> noticed that the configure script update removed the options for
> `--runstatedir`. Those options appear to come from a Debian patch that
> other distros don't yet have:
> https://sources.debian.org/patches/autoconf/2.69-11/add-runstatedir.patch/
>
> Since I use Fedora, running autoreconf locally on the review branch
> didn't add those options back, but did add in various macros related
> to Fedora's modular build system (we don't use those macros explicitly
> ourselves, but presumably some of the m4 macros we do use include them
> in their expansions when run on Fedora systems, so aclocal picked them
> up).
>
> Does anyone have any recommendations for dealing with this? My current
> plan is to revert back to the configure script from master, run
> autoreconf, and then use `git add -p` to only add in the desired
> changes, leaving everything else as it was on master.
>
> Cheers,
> Nick.
>
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>
Yep I've seen many PR's having the same things, basically the runstatedir
options just keep appearing and disappearing on the cpython repo.
I think 'git add -p' is the most sensible option and maybe a warning on the dev
guide to check the configure when running autoreconf.
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Regards,
Charalampos Stratakis
Software Engineer
Python Maintenance Team, Red Hat
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