Re: dh_make debian/rules clean target

[Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <hmh@debian.org>]

In the debian/control file:
Build-Depends: autotools-dev

config.sub/config.guess-related stuff
-------------------------------------

In debian/rules (GNU makefile):

clean:
	...
	-rm -f config.sub config.guess
	dh_clean

autotools:
	-rm -f config.sub config.guess
	ln -s /usr/share/misc/config.sub config.sub
	ln -s /usr/share/misc/config.guess config.guess

configure-stamp: autotools
	...
	./configure $(CONFFLAGS)
	...


i.e.: you build-depend on autotools-dev, remove config.sub and config.guess
in the clean target, and make sure to link them back before you need them.
This keep them out of the Debian diff, and updated to the best version for a
given build system.

There is more to proper support of autoconf, which is the proper selection
of architecture.  But we have gone through that one already, and the code
snippets are different for 2.13 and 2.5x.

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  where the shadows lie." -- The Silicon Valley Tarot
  Henrique Holschuh