Re: dpkg-source: unrepresentable changes to source

[Florian Hinzmann <f.hinzmann@hamburg.de>]

On 03-Nov-2001 Eduard Bloch wrote:

> My definition of "touch" includeves everything besides the simple
> configure run (and removing configu.{guess,sub}).

I can't do a configure run as there is no configure script!
I do have to run the autotools scripts.

The question is when to run it. Before or after the Debian
diff is built.


>> In fact I do run autogen.sh in the clean rule. Please
> 
> WHAT? You should CLEAN, not generate something in the clean rule.

>From /usr/share/doc/autotools-dev/README.Debian.gz:

> Do note that a properly done autogen.sh invocation runs before dpkg has a
> chance to build the source package, so as to make sure an user does NOT need
> any of the programs called by autogen.sh to build the package. This will, in
> fact, ease the load on auto-builders as well since the program will build much
> faster.

Please tell me where I should call the autogen.sh if not
in clean rule to archive this.


>> read the README.Debian from package autotools-dev I
>> mentioned above. It explains this issue much better I
> 
> I guess, you misenterpret it a bit.

See above.


>> Not an option as far as I understand this issue 
>> up to now. Autobuilders have or might have problems
>> with this.
> 
> They should not. If they become trouble, then either your package is

Might be, the should not. But as a matter of fact they do. 
What now?

> broken (your problem) or the autotools are broken(others problem, but
> should be okay Sid currently).

There is a third option: They have a incompatible version
of autotools installed. This may happen very easily if a 
newer version is installed than the package uses. Just 
happened with 1.4 -> 1.5!


If I did misread that README I would be glad if you could
explain what I did understand wrong. IMHO I am right here.
I even looked at some packages which do it this way.


    Regards
        Florian

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