Bug#746514: Autoreconf during build

2016-03-31 Thread Niels Thykier
On Fri, 8 May 2015 14:43:45 +0200 Bill Allombert wrote: > On Sun, Jul 13, 2014 at 09:36:26AM +0900, Charles Plessy wrote: > > Altogether, the wording was not restrictive as I thought. > > > > Nevertheless, what would people think of adding a bit more explanation on > > the

Bug#746514: Autoreconf during build

2015-05-11 Thread Santiago Vila
+ If your package includes the scripts prgnconfig.sub/prgn and + prgnconfig.guess/prgn, you should arrange for the versions + provided by the package packageautotools-dev/package be used + instead (see packageautotools-dev/package documentation for +

Bug#746514: Autoreconf during build

2015-05-08 Thread Kurt Roeckx
On Fri, May 08, 2015 at 02:43:45PM +0200, Bill Allombert wrote: On Sun, Jul 13, 2014 at 09:36:26AM +0900, Charles Plessy wrote: Altogether, the wording was not restrictive as I thought. Nevertheless, what would people think of adding a bit more explanation on the purpose of replacing

Bug#746514: Autoreconf during build

2015-05-08 Thread Bill Allombert
On Sun, Jul 13, 2014 at 09:36:26AM +0900, Charles Plessy wrote: Altogether, the wording was not restrictive as I thought. Nevertheless, what would people think of adding a bit more explanation on the purpose of replacing these files ? Not all readers will have

Bug#746514: Autoreconf during build

2014-07-12 Thread Bill Allombert
On Sat, Jul 12, 2014 at 09:42:23AM +0900, Charles Plessy wrote: Le Thu, Jul 10, 2014 at 04:46:53PM +0200, Bill Allombert a écrit : /p + p + If your package includes the scripts prgnconfig.sub/prgn and + prgnconfig.guess/prgn, you should arrange for the versions

Bug#746514: Autoreconf during build

2014-07-12 Thread Dimitri John Ledkov
On 12 July 2014 19:50, Bill Allombert ballo...@debian.org wrote: On Sat, Jul 12, 2014 at 09:42:23AM +0900, Charles Plessy wrote: Le Thu, Jul 10, 2014 at 04:46:53PM +0200, Bill Allombert a écrit : /p + p + If your package includes the scripts prgnconfig.sub/prgn and +

Bug#746514: Autoreconf during build

2014-07-12 Thread Charles Plessy
Le Thu, Jul 10, 2014 at 04:46:53PM +0200, Bill Allombert a écrit : + p + If your package includes the scripts prgnconfig.sub/prgn and + prgnconfig.guess/prgn, you should arrange for the versions + provided by the package packageautotools-dev/package

Bug#746514: Autoreconf during build

2014-07-11 Thread Charles Plessy
Le Thu, Jul 10, 2014 at 04:46:53PM +0200, Bill Allombert a écrit : /p + p + If your package includes the scripts prgnconfig.sub/prgn and + prgnconfig.guess/prgn, you should arrange for the versions + provided by the package packageautotools-dev/package be

Bug#746514: Autoreconf during build

2014-07-10 Thread Bill Allombert
On Wed, Apr 30, 2014 at 10:36:34PM +0200, Kurt Roeckx wrote: Package: debian-policy It seems that a lot of packages do not use something like autoreconf during build, and every time someone starts a new port he has to patches way too many packages to get config.guess and config.sub updated.

Bug#746514: Autoreconf during build

2014-05-18 Thread Bill Allombert
On Wed, Apr 30, 2014 at 05:02:00PM -0700, Steve Langasek wrote: On Thu, May 01, 2014 at 01:34:05AM +0200, Bernd Zeimetz wrote: On 04/30/2014 10:36 PM, Kurt Roeckx wrote: Package: debian-policy It seems that a lot of packages do not use something like autoreconf during build, and

Bug#746514: Autoreconf during build

2014-04-30 Thread Kurt Roeckx
Package: debian-policy It seems that a lot of packages do not use something like autoreconf during build, and every time someone starts a new port he has to patches way too many packages to get config.guess and config.sub updated. I would like that we say that at least config.guess and

Bug#746514: Autoreconf during build

2014-04-30 Thread Kurt Roeckx
On Wed, Apr 30, 2014 at 10:36:34PM +0200, Kurt Roeckx wrote: Package: debian-policy It seems that a lot of packages do not use something like autoreconf during build, and every time someone starts a new port he has to patches way too many packages to get config.guess and config.sub updated.

Bug#746514: Autoreconf during build

2014-04-30 Thread Bernd Zeimetz
On 04/30/2014 10:36 PM, Kurt Roeckx wrote: Package: debian-policy It seems that a lot of packages do not use something like autoreconf during build, and every time someone starts a new port he has to patches way too many packages to get config.guess and config.sub updated. Do you have

Bug#746514: Autoreconf during build

2014-04-30 Thread Steve Langasek
On Thu, May 01, 2014 at 01:34:05AM +0200, Bernd Zeimetz wrote: On 04/30/2014 10:36 PM, Kurt Roeckx wrote: Package: debian-policy It seems that a lot of packages do not use something like autoreconf during build, and every time someone starts a new port he has to patches way too many