Re: Should there be BuildRequires for perl/libtool/auto*?
On Sat, 2003-12-27 at 10:04, Toshio wrote:
Hi, I'm fighting with BuildRequires here and was wondering about
the
auto* family of tools. configure checks for them at build time and
during builds of some packages. Are these tools actually needed for
the package to build (ie: should they be a BuildRequire?)
A related question: If I change something up the tool chain (A
configure.in or Makefile.am) should I do my auto*'ing inside the .spec
or do it in my work area before hand and create a patch? The latter
will generate a bigger patch, but it seems cleaner....
-Toshio
From what I have seen, if you patch configure.in/ac or a Makefile.am,
you should
call the auto* tools from the spec file - typically in the
build section from what I have seen. In those cases, you should
probably supply a BuildRequires especially if you require specific
versions of the auto tools (autoconf >= 2.57 for example).