Hello mentors, I have some packages which use autotools. I thought it would be good to compile as much as possible, so it is clear all the sources are correct. That means including autoconf, of course. However, linda doesn't agree with that: W: gfpoken; Package Build-Depends on automake* or autoconf. This package Build-Depends on automake* or autoconf. This is almost never a good idea, as the package should run autoconf or automake on the source tree before the source package is built. lintian doesn't consider this to be a problem. My question is: is linda correct and should I not run autoconf from rules.make? Extrapolating that would mean that compilation is not needed at all, if a precompiled version of the program is packaged in the source tarball. That doesn't seem right to me. So if linda is right, then where is the limit? Generated files which are included for portability reasons (such as configure) are ok, but others are not? Thanks, Bas -- I encourage people to send encrypted e-mail (see http://www.gnupg.org). If you have problems reading my e-mail, use a better reader. Please send the central message of e-mails as plain text in the message body, not as HTML and definitely not as MS Word. Please do not use the MS Word format for attachments either. For more information, see http://129.125.47.90/e-mail.html
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