Re: dh-autoreconf/autotools-dev questions
Oohara Yuuma <oohara@libra.interq.or.jp> writes:
> I am packaging a software which uses autoconf and automake. I will
> regenerate all autotool files with dh-autoreconf.
> * The upstream tarball contains auto-generated files. Do I have to
> save these files somewhere before calling dh_autoreconf and restore
> them in the clean target, or is it enough to remove auto-generated
> files in the clean target so that they are regenerated again
> in the build target?
Just call dh_autoreconf, nothing else to do.
It takes care of restoring the original state, whatever that may have
been. When using dh_autoreconf, it will _always_ regenerate the
appropriate files, so you don't need to prepare the tree for it.
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