Re: Bug#575938: ITP: dh-autoreconf -- debhelper add-on to call autoreconf and clean up after the build

[Mehdi Dogguy <mehdi@debian.org>]

Paul Wise wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 31, 2010 at 1:03 AM, Julian Andres Klode <jak@debian.org> wrote:
> 
>>>   Description     : debhelper add-on to call autoreconf and clean up after the build
>>>
>>> Package: dh-autoreconf
> 
> I'd suggest just putting this into debhelper rather than making it a
> separate package.
> 

Is there any advantage to have it packaged?

AIUI, you have to add a build-dependency anyway and change at least one
line in the debian/rules to call dh-autoreconf. Well, that line could
simply call autoreconf (or whatever) which even makes debian/rules clearer.

Cheers,

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