Re: [PATCH 0/3] spec file update, once again, sorry...

[Christopher Roy Bratusek <zanghar freenet de>]

Am Sun, 3 Jan 2010 11:43:44 -0700
schrieb Michal Jaegermann <michal harddata com>:

> On Sun, Jan 03, 2010 at 11:52:53AM +0200, Timo Korvola wrote:
> > On Saturday 02 January 2010 10:24:23 Kim B. Heino wrote:
> > > 1) ./autogen.sh
> > >    - Is this step needed with official tarballs?
> > 
> > I don't know if it is currently (because I just pull stuff from
> > Git), but generally it should not be.  No Autoconf installation
> > should be necessary for compiling distribution tarballs,
> > just ./configure && make.  
> 
> Maybe it should not be and maybe this is the case here.  OTOH I know
> that on various occasions when compiling the same sources across
> varying distributions that 'autogen.sh' step was crucial due to
> differences in autotools versions.  In other words 'configure' as
> supplied with a tarball was just barfing on me but regenerated was
> fine.  I do not have any specific examples in this moment.
> 
>     Michal

In theory you're right, but atleast not for us. The configure scripts
of librep/rep-gtk/sawfish work from automake 1.5 - 1.11, as their not
using specific stuff newly introduced somewhen, just plain checks.

Chris