[pkg-ntp-maintainers] Bug#446756: Bug#446756: Bug#446756: ntp: Please provide a description how autotools.patch is generated

[Elimar Riesebieter]

On Mon, 15 Oct 2007 the mental interface of
Kurt Roeckx told:

> On Mon, Oct 15, 2007 at 05:37:54PM +0200, Elimar Riesebieter wrote:
> > On Mon, 15 Oct 2007 the mental interface of
> > Peter Eisentraut told:
> > 
> > > Am Montag, 15. Oktober 2007 schrieb Elimar Riesebieter:
> > > > > Which part is unclear?  Using quilt or running the autotools?
> > > >
> > > > Running autotools. Is it
> > > >
> > > > aclocal -I m4 && autoheader && automake -a && autoconf && rm -rf
> > > > autom4te.cache
> > > 
> > > I think it depends on what you changed.  autoreconf should work most of the 
> > > time.  I don't recall there being a specific process for generating that 
> > > patch.
> > > 
> > 
> > A patch generated with autoreconf is different from autotools.patch
> > in the package? The autotools.patch from ntp-4.2.4p3 can't be
> > refreshed via quilt 'cause there are FAILED hunks.
> 
> If quilt push fails, I suggest you force it (-f option), and then run
> autoreconf, also with the -f option.

Isn't it more reliable to quilt push without autotools.patch, then
run autoconf and diff a new autotools.patch? This sound more
professional to me ;)

Elimar

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