Re: config.sub, config.guess: Why in clean?
On Mon, 25 Oct 2004, Osamu Aoki wrote:
> I have question about handling of config.guess and config.sub in source
> package. I have read autotools-dev README.Debian. So I understand these
> need to be the latest ones whenever we compile the source.
Good :-)
> But why in clean target? This makes large diff.gz with useless patch.
> Why not at the start of config.status after dh_testdir (or include it to
> dh_testdir.)?
Use the link method, it won't increase the diff. It is in the clean target
because there isn't a proper target to transform the source before packing
and after unpacking.
The link method basically rm f config.sub and config.guess on clean (which
mean they will not show up on the diff) and ALSO rm -f them and symlink them
to /usr/share/misc/config.{sub,guess} before calling configure. The price
is a build-depends on autotools-dev. Some people don't like this because
what you get when you initially dpkg-source -x is not exactly what will be
used if you try to dpkg-buildpackage.
> Can anyone point me to where to find ratinale of this practice?
Some people don't like the symlink method, and it is better to have a bigger
diff than to have a permanently static config.sub/guess that will require an
upload later.
> (At least when ever I build with dpkg-buildpackage, it runs clean first
> so this cosmetic difference has no binary impact.)
That's why the clean target was used, since there is no proper target, and
in practice the clean target works.
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