Control: notfound -1 1.20.0
Control: found -1 1.19.7
On 2019-09-05 14:46 -0400, Dan Streetman wrote:
> Package: dpkg
> Version: 1.20.0
That version does not exist in Debian.
> Severity: normal
>
> Dear Maintainer,
>
> The debian/rules file has a manual rule for the 'configure' file, but this
> results in the 'configure' file not always being recreated.
>
> For example:
> $ head -1 debian/changelog
> dpkg (1.20.0) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
> $ echo hello > configure
> $ chmod 755 configure
> $ dpkg-buildpackage
> ...
> ../configure: 1: hello: not found
>
> While that's a silly example, and unlikely to ever cause real issues for
> Debian since the Debian dpkg source doesn't carry the 'configure' file,
> the Ubuntu dpkg source *does* unfortunately carry the 'configure' file,
> and this caused a real regression:
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/dpkg/+bug/1842947
The Debian dpkg source also includes the 'configure' file, only the git
repository does not have it. That being said it would make sense to
always run autoreconf at package build time, I think that's considered
best practice these days.
Cheers,
Sven
