autoconf and epel-5

[Ralf Corsepius]

Toshio Kuratomi wrote:
> Adam Williamson wrote:

>> https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/PackagingDrafts/AutoConf
>>
>> "Autotools-generated source packages are intended to be buildable
>> without requiring the autotools on the host system. autoconf, automake,
>> libtoolize and the accompanying autoreconf shouldn't be used in the %
>> prep or %build sections of a package's spec file. Applying a patch to
>> update the configure scripts and Makefile.ins is preferred as the
>> results are predictable and packages are more reproducible."
>>
>> If this is not in fact the agreed policy, I'd expect the agreed policy
>> to show up more prominently in a Wiki search for 'autoconf'. :)
>>
> There's no agreed policy.
Well, there's a lot of clueless people.

>>  People argue both sides of the problem.
RTFM.

> FWIW, I'll vote against that draft if it gets to the FPC.
Feel free to do so, but ... are you sure you understand what you are 
doing? I feel no.