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diff --git a/tags/c/configure-generated-file-in-source.tag b/tags/c/configure-generated-file-in-source.tag new file mode 100644 index 0000000..702a3af --- /dev/null +++ b/tags/c/configure-generated-file-in-source.tag @@ -0,0 +1,17 @@ +Tag: configure-generated-file-in-source +Severity: warning +Check: build-systems/autotools +Explanation: Leaving config.cache/status causes autobuilders problems. + config.cache and config.status are produced by GNU autoconf's configure + scripts. If they are left in the source package, autobuilders may pick + up settings for the wrong architecture. + . + The clean rule in <code>debian/rules</code> should remove this file. This + should ideally be done by fixing the upstream build system to do it when + you run the appropriate cleaning command (and don't forget to forward the + fix to the upstream authors so it doesn't happen in the next release). If + that is already implemented, then make sure you are indeed cleaning it in + the clean rule. If all else fails, a simple rm -f should work. + . + Note that Lintian cannot reliably detect the removal in the clean rule, + so once you fix this, please ignore or override this warning. |