Re: Re-libtooling + automake
On Thu, 02 Feb 2006, Damyan Ivanov wrote:
> Bas Wijnen wrote:
> > And I may be becoming repetitive, but I still haven't heard any reason why
> > running autoconf/automake from debian/rules would be bad. Obviously you need
> > to depend on the correct version and explicitly call it (Depends: automake1.9
> > ; export AUTOMAKE=automake-1.9), but I don't see a problem in that either.
> >
> > Many problems solve themselves when you compile from source instead of using
> > pre-built files. That is true for executables, it is true for Makefile.in and
> > configure as well.
>
> QA team seem to disagree.
> See http://sam.zoy.org/lectures/20050910-debian/img0.html
Watch it! That reply is very prone to being misunderstood.
You are STRONGLY urged to re-bootstrap autotools, both I (the autotools-dev
maintainer) and the writer of the above slides (which are damn nice, thanks
for pointing them out!) *agree* with that.
The slides urge one to bootstrap _before_ shipping the debian package,
instead of doing it at package build time. Which, I should add, is exactly
what I also consider to be the best option, and the way I do it on all my
packages.
So, yes, *do* build everything from source (i.e. bootstrap all autotools
from known-good Debian packaged autotools). You just don't need to do it at
dpkg-buildpackage time, you can also do it before that.
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where the shadows lie." -- The Silicon Valley Tarot
Henrique Holschuh
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