Le Vendredi 19 Août 2005 11:21, Adrian Mak a écrit : > I read many spec. file from other packages, they often execute > aclocal, automake, autoconf,autoheader in the %prep stage > > I don't understand it can simply do a ./configure in the %build stage > What is the purpose they use these tools in the prep stage ? Some software have buggy autotools, this is the first reason, but useally, the packager have to fix configure/Makefile, and the patch is made against top level files (automake.in, configure.ac), needing the full set of autotools to be redo.
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