On Mon, Jun 17, 2013 at 2:59 AM, Björn Esser <bjoern.esser@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I completely agree to this. Using `autoreconf -fi` in %build or %prep
> should be mandatory in packages using autotools. This will surely avoid
> lots of possible problems caused by just injecting config.{guess,sub} by
> %configure.
That would only work if the autotools had perfect backwards
compatibility. They don't. I maintain multiple packages where
"autoreconf -fi" with modern autotools fails due to use of obsolete
macros.
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