Bug#639720: Simplify build system using libtoolize and autoreconf

2011-08-30 Thread Francesco P. Lovergine
On Mon, Aug 29, 2011 at 07:48:15PM +0200, Svante Signell wrote: Package: libhdf4 Version: 4.2r4-12 Severity: normal Tags: patch Hello, the (to be) attached patch simplifies the build system as well as reducing the number of files being patched. By using libtoolize and autoreconf all

Bug#639720: Simplify build system using libtoolize and autoreconf

2011-08-30 Thread Svante Signell
On Tue, 2011-08-30 at 10:25 +0200, Francesco P. Lovergine wrote: On Mon, Aug 29, 2011 at 07:48:15PM +0200, Svante Signell wrote: Package: libhdf4 Version: 4.2r4-12 Severity: normal Tags: patch ... I'm perfectly aware of the possibility to run autotools on fly in rules. I simply

Bug#639720: Simplify build system using libtoolize and autoreconf

2011-08-30 Thread Francesco P. Lovergine
On Tue, Aug 30, 2011 at 10:50:15AM +0200, Svante Signell wrote: 3.3MB (compared to 68k) with a _lot_ of stuff that can be generated is not reasonable, at lest in my (and other peoples opinion). The patch has been build tested on both Linux and Hurd. From what I recall this software will be

Bug#639720: Simplify build system using libtoolize and autoreconf

2011-08-29 Thread Svante Signell
Package: libhdf4 Version: 4.2r4-12 Severity: normal Tags: patch Hello, the (to be) attached patch simplifies the build system as well as reducing the number of files being patched. By using libtoolize and autoreconf all patches referring to aclocal.m4, configure, Makefile.in, h4config.h.in,

Bug#639720: Simplify build system using libtoolize and autoreconf

2011-08-29 Thread Svante Signell
On Mon, 2011-08-29 at 19:48 +0200, Svante Signell wrote: Package: libhdf4 Version: 4.2r4-12 Severity: normal Tags: patch ... Update: Since the patch is 1.3MB large it seems to get stuck in the bug submission system. I can upload the patch later on depending on your instructions. Resending