Re: [bug-mailutils] autoreconf failure

[Sergey Poznyakoff]

Eray Aslan <address@hidden> ha escrit:

> I don't think failing autoreconf is a good idea.  There is always some
> reason to run it - if not now then in the future when conditions change.

Running autoreconf only makes sense when bootstrapping from the GIT
sources.  For it to succeed a set of prerequisites must be satisfied and
a set of additional modules must be pulled in.  All this is done by
bootstrap.

> > The correct way to bootstrup
> > mailutils from sources is by running './bootstrap'.  See README-hacking
> > for more details.
> 
> and both files are not in the releases.

They should not be.  Theses files are intended for those who need to
bootstrap the package from the sources in repository and therefore they
are available only in the repository.  See above.

> I was hoping not to patch the tarball if I can avoid it.

If patching it requires fiddling with configure.ac you should clone
the sources and work with them instead.  There's no other way.

Regards,
Sergey