autoconf/automake in BuildRequires

[Dmitry Butskoy]

Ralf Corsepius wrote:

>Any package requiring them is _broken_. Such bugs should be reported
>upstream and fixed there.
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>
>If I were to decide, I would reject any package trying to run any
>autotool - Packagers should learn to use patches instead.
>
>Sorry, if this sounds hard, but here, I do have a very strong opinion.
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I clearly remember some packages which have no any ready configure 
script at all (probably to decrease tarball size). I.e., sometimes it is 
an upstream's policy to ship only configure.{in|ac} .

I agree that it is bad way, but if the things are working, we should not 
discriminate such packages...


Anyway, I've already understood why it has not been included in the 
BR-exception list. :)

Dmitry Butskoy


Dmitry Butskoy