* Wouter Verhelst (wouter@debian.org) wrote: > On Mon, May 30, 2005 at 10:30:56AM -0400, Eric Dorland wrote: > > * Robert Collins (robertc@robertcollins.net) wrote: > > > So either you don't patch the package, or you be willing to require the > > > relevant auto* be installed. > > > > Or you put the patch in the .diff.gz. I think that's the best option. > > Uh, it's not as if adding the patch to the .diff.gz doesn't have its own > set of problems... see </usr/share/doc/autotools-dev/README.Debian.gz>, > search for 'timestamp skew' I did forget that aspect, but of course liberal touch'ing can get you around those problems. Also automake's use of missing tends to make things just work even with timestamp skew (http://sources.redhat.com/automake/automake.html#maintainer_002dmode). Maintainer-mode is also a good solution. -- Eric Dorland <eric.dorland@mail.mcgill.ca> ICQ: #61138586, Jabber: hooty@jabber.com 1024D/16D970C6 097C 4861 9934 27A0 8E1C 2B0A 61E9 8ECF 16D9 70C6 -----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK----- Version: 3.12 GCS d- s++: a-- C+++ UL+++ P++ L++ E++ W++ N+ o K- w+ O? M++ V-- PS+ PE Y+ PGP++ t++ 5++ X+ R tv++ b+++ DI+ D+ G e h! r- y+ ------END GEEK CODE BLOCK------
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