[Build-common-hackers] Bug#434390: Bug#434390: cdbs: class for generating buildfiles from clean autotool-files

[Peter Eisentraut]

Am Montag, 23. Juli 2007 19:06 schrieb Carl Fürstenberg:
> Yea, you are right saw that now, it can be used on a clean dir. I
> tried it just now, but found it problematic, as you don't know what
> files it adds, so it's rather difficult to create a clean rule if you
> use autoreconf. My approach is to use --verbose, and parse that to
> find files to remove on clean.

Oh, I doubt that that is a clearly defined interface.

In any case, the purpose of CDBS is to abstract "common" build practice, not 
to store experimental hacks.  So you are invited to work with your generation 
method, but until it has found some wider acceptance, it has no place in cdbs 
by definition.