[buildd-tools-devel] [PATCH] debian/rules runs ./bootstrap when needed

[Roger Leigh]

On Wed, Jan 25, 2012 at 11:22:30AM +0100, Max Thoursie wrote:
> To make it possible to build a debian package directly form a clean
> checkout, debian/rules now run ./bootstrap if ./configure is missing.
> 
> To allow bootstrap to run, I had to add git, autoconf and automake to
> the build dependencies.

Adding this to debian/rules as a convenience for people building from
the git repo is fine.  However, adding these dependencies to the
Build-Depends is not.  It's important to distinguish between genuine
dependencies needed during a package build, and tools only needed
for upstream bootstrapping.  The packages needed for autobuilding
are those needed after running "make dist" to make a release
tarball.  Everything prior to that is separate.


Regards,
Roger

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