Re: build depends on auto{conf,make}
On Sun, 25 Nov 2001, Stefano Zacchiroli wrote:
> On Sun, Nov 25, 2001 at 01:29:18PM +0000, Mark Brown wrote:
> > Do you actually need to call auto*? Normally packages just use the
> > generated files upstream provides unless there's some particular reason
> > not to.
>
> yes, I need to call auto* because the sources are from a cvs repository
> on which the generated files aren't stored.
You can call auto* BEFORE you package it, and add the proper touch stuff in
debian/rules to take care of the timestamp skew caused by the diff.
This way, autobuilders and Debian users do not neet to run auto*, and you
can remove it from your build-dependencies. I do the samething for all my
packages in CVS.
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