Re: automake fun

[Bill Allombert <allomber@math.u-bordeaux.fr>]

On Tue, 20 Nov 2001, Colin Walters wrote:

> 1) Build-Depend on autoconf and automake: this doesn't really solve
>    the problem.  Rerunning autoconf and automake is upstream's job.
> 2) Change all the timestamps such that those rules will never be
>    executed.
> 3) Comment out those rules in all the Makefile.in files as part of
>    your Debian diff.

7) Patch Debian autotools so that if the environnment variable
DISABLE_AUTOTOOLS is set they act like touch.

Not the best short term solution, but maybe the best long term one.

Now it is sufficient to add
export DISABLE_AUTOTOOLS=1
in debian/rules to fully avoid the problem.

Best regards,

-- 
Bill. <ballombe@debian.org>