Re: Autoconf with Debian patches

[Denis Ovsienko via tcpdump-workers <tcpdump-workers () lists tcpdump org>]

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> From: Denis Ovsienko <denis () ovsienko info>
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> Date: Fri, 6 Jan 2023 22:24:10 +0000
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> On Fri, 6 Jan 2023 13:25:14 -0800
> Guy Harris <gharris () sonic net> wrote:
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> > If we switch to making Debian Autoconf the new standard and keeping
> > the generated configure script in the repository, would that mean
> > that developers working from the repository would either have to
> > install Debian Autoconf or use "git add -p" instead of "git add"?
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> Yes.  Right now it is the other way around (contributors that use
> Debian or its derivatives have to filter their output).  So perhaps
> this switch would not be convenient for macOS and FreeBSD users.
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>     Denis Ovsienko
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