Matt Zimmerman wrote: > > 2. does not hide problems if it does no longer build with current > > autotools > > The other approach does not hide problems either; it prevents the problem > entirely. It becomes no longer an issue what version of the autotools are > installed in the build environment. The fact that a package's maintainer has needed to modify its configure.ac is a good indication that a user might also have reason to modify it later. If the autotools then fail to work to generate the configure for that user, then a hidden problem has indeed surfaced, I'd say. -- see shy jo
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