Re: Build-depends: autoconf, automake ?
On Sunday 26 November 2000 20:40, Steve Robbins wrote:
> 1. Automake inserts a makefile variable "TAR" into every Makefile.in
> generated. Upstream has "TAR = gtar", but I have "TAR = tar", greatly
> (and needlessly) inflating the .diff. The value of TAR is hardcoded into
> automake itself.
I don't believe it. I think a variable "TAR" is defined in Makefile.am.
>
> 2. I patch configure.in, so after "dpkg-source -x ...", timestamps on
> various files may be messed up, triggering makefile rules to rebuild
> configure or Makefile.in, etc. [If you've ever built an automake'ified
> project, you'll know what I'm talking about.]
>
> Unfortunately, one of the things run is "aclocal", but without the
> necessary "-I m4" flag, causing the build to fail. [Amusingly, the build
> would work if automake was not installed, because the "missing" script
> will just touch the files to get the timestamps in the right order.]
In this case aclocal needs macros from other *.m4 file than aclocal.m4. These
additional files *should* be in upstream sources, if not try to contact with
upstream authors(s).
> In light of the above, one solution that suggests itself is to just stick
> autoconf and automake in the Build-depends line, and
automake is enough, I think so.
> 1. run "make maintainer-clean" in debian/rules(clean), to avoid diffing
> Makefile.in files, and
> 2. insert the proper sequence of "aclocal -I m4", "autoheader",
> "autoconf", etc in debian/rules(configure).
The proper sequence: aclocal -I filename.m4, autoheader, automake, autoconf.
You can define it, for example. as "preconfigure" in debian/rules because you
have to use it just once. Probably you will not avoid to rebuild configure
stuff but I think it's not a problem, just only bigger *.diff.gz.
Mariusz
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