Re: autoreconf and quilt

[Daniel Leidert <daniel.leidert.spam@gmx.net>]

Am Samstag, den 11.10.2008, 08:16 +0200 schrieb Sylvain Beucler:

> The 'ballz' package (platform/puzzle game) requires a few changes in
> the build system to avoid using the builtin copy of 'chichan' (GUI
> toolkit for games)

Besides your question: You should ask upstream to provide a configure
switch to build against a builtin or external copy (AC_ARG_ENABLE). If
you need some help, I can send you a patch to suggest it upstream.

[..]
> What kind of elegant solution would you recommend? :)

IMHO solving this upstream is the most elegant way :)

Regards, Daniel