Should there be BuildRequires for perl/libtool/auto*?

[David T Hollis]

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).