Bug#746514: Autoreconf during build
On Fri, May 08, 2015 at 02:43:45PM +0200, Bill Allombert wrote:
> On Sun, Jul 13, 2014 at 09:36:26AM +0900, Charles Plessy wrote:
> > Altogether, the wording was not restrictive as I thought.
> >
> > Nevertheless, what would people think of adding a bit more explanation on the
> > purpose of replacing these files ? Not all readers will have
> > /usr/share/doc/autotools-dev/README.Debian.gz available on their computer. How
> > about the following addition or an equivalent?
> >
> > "This ensures that these files can be updated distribution-wide when introducing
> > new architectures."
>
> OK, please find a new patch incorporating this.
>
> > Also, adding "at build time" somewhere may clarify that patching these files is not
> > a good solution.
>
> The wording "be used instead" seems to convey that already.
Maybe it does to you, but you can never be to clear.
Kurt
Reply to: