[Pkg-freeipmi-devel] Bug#841657: freeipmi: Please use dh_autoreconf instead of dh_autotools-dev

[Steve Langasek]

Package: freeipmi
Version: 1.4.11-1.1
Severity: normal
Tags: patch
User: ubuntu-devel at lists.ubuntu.com
Usertags: origin-ubuntu zesty ubuntu-patch

Hi folks,

In Ubuntu, we have applied a patch to freeipmi to use dh_autoreconf instead
of dh_autotools-dev.  At one time, this was needed in order to let the
freeipmi package build on ppc64el.  Since I see that freeipmi is built on
ppc64el in Debian unstable now, it's possible that this patch is not
currently needed; nevertheless, dh_autoreconf is the best practice for
updating autotools output at package build time, and will be better
future-proofed for other ports.

Please consider applying the attached patch.

An alternative approach would be to update to debhelper compat level 10,
where I believe dh_autoreconf is run automatically.  This of course impacts
backporting of your package, which may or may not be acceptable to you.

Thanks,
-- 
Steve Langasek                   Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS
Debian Developer                   to set it on, and I can move the world.
Ubuntu Developer                                    http://www.debian.org/
slangasek at ubuntu.com                                     vorlon at debian.org
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