Re: RFS: sysinfo -- simple GNU/Linux program that displays computer/system information

[Ming Hua <minghua-list@sbcglobal.net>]

On Wed, Dec 07, 2005 at 03:37:19PM +0100, Mario Iseli wrote:
> 
> debian/rules:
> please remove the lines you don't need and the commented ones. And if
> you let this:
> 
> ifneq "$(wildcard /usr/share/misc/config.sub)" ""
>         cp -f /usr/share/misc/config.sub config.sub
> endif
> ifneq "$(wildcard /usr/share/misc/config.guess)" ""
>         cp -f /usr/share/misc/config.guess config.guess
> endif
> 
> in, you should build-depend to autotools-dev!

Not necessarily.  The ifneq/endif around the cp will make sure
config.{sub,guess} only get copied if they exist in /usr/share/misc/,
and nothing is done if they don't.

Altough I agree the package should build-debpends on autotools-dev and
copy/symlink the config.{sub,guess} unconditionally.

Ming
2005.12.07