Re: Autoconf build targets
> This means that people building packages will have to be running a
> patched version of the kernel?
It means that you have to be running the system you are building for. This is
the same as for every other port of Debian.
> It looks weird to me, also some packages checking for kernel version
> might have trouble.
Better if they hiccup on build than if they assume things which are not true.
> Why don't you just check for the particular resource you need in every
> particular case (preferably using autoconf)?
You are volunteering to switch all the packages over to autoconf? That's great!
Will you be done sometime this year? Keep us informed.
- Michael
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