Bug#417067: closed by Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> (Bug#417067: fixed in lintian 1.23.29)
reopen 417067
thanks
On Mon, Apr 30, 2007 at 11:50:21AM +0000, Debian Bug Tracking System wrote:
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> #417067: lintian: outdated-autotools-helper-file doesn't apply if
> package build-depends on autoconf/automake,
> which was filed against the lintian package.
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> It has been closed by Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>.
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Lintian still reports the same error...
Quoting «checks/cruft», line ~57:
> # I'm not thrilled with having the automake exception as well, but people
> # do depend on autoconf and automake and then use autoreconf to update
> # config.guess and config.sub, and automake depends on autotools-dev.
> # We may need to allow all the various versioned automake packages, but
> # let's hope not.
Bad news, I'm afraid ;)
Actually, «/usr/share/doc/autotools-dev/README.Debian.gz» recommends
build-depending on a versioned automake, and I think this is what most
people do.
I understand that you aren't too fond of the automake exception, specially
if it involves checking all the versions, but I don't see another way
to fix this.
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