Bug#380481: autotools-dev: Anti-downgrade test

2010-02-14 Thread Loris Boillet
The README also says (maybe that was added after this bug report): The best way to get the updated files into the package is to remove all auto-generated files in the clean target, and to use autoreconf and related commands to regenerate the build system at build time In this case, config.guess

Bug#380481: autotools-dev: Anti-downgrade test

2009-05-02 Thread Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
First, let me apologise for the absurd amount of time it took to reply to this bug report. I put a lot of thought on your proposal, and while I can see the value of it, I am somewhat wary of adding the anti-downgrade test. An anti-downgrade feature really only matters to Debian maintainers or to

Bug#380481: autotools-dev: Anti-downgrade test

2009-05-02 Thread Sylvain Beucler
On Sat, May 02, 2009 at 04:59:07PM -0300, Henrique de Moraes Holschuh wrote: First, let me apologise for the absurd amount of time it took to reply to this bug report. I put a lot of thought on your proposal, and while I can see the value of it, I am somewhat wary of adding the

Bug#380481: autotools-dev: Anti-downgrade test

2006-07-30 Thread Sylvain Beucler
Package: autotools-dev Version: 20060223.1 Severity: normal README.Debian suggest to cp -f config.sub and config.guess inconditionnaly. However, in the (admittedly few) cases where upstream is more up-to-date, this leads to a downgrade. Can you update the sample code so that tests are made (eg

Bug#380481: autotools-dev: Anti-downgrade test

2006-07-30 Thread Sylvain Beucler
How about something like this attachment? update-autotools-config.sh Description: Bourne shell script