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Re: [ITP] libgcrypt-1.2.0-2
Gerrit schrieb:
> Hi Reini,
>>>>>I'd rather run ./autogen.sh style scripts in the conf step.
>>>
>>> That would give the same patch size (usually it runs also aclocal,
>>> libtoolize, autoconf, automake).
>> no, do it in the .sh script. That keeps the patch to the bare and
>> readable minimum,
> I cannot confirm that it reduces the patch sizes. It will always be
> huge, even if you use automake-1.8 where the upstream package includes
> automak-1.79 generated files.
Sorry, my fault, misread your repliy. I already described why I don't
do it dynamically. Anyway, what is the problem with the great patches?
You can open an editor and search for +++ and you'll see that the
interesting files are always Makefile.am & configure.in.
Patchfiles are not for reading, though.
What you can do is: open the buildscript of any package and add the
following to the mkpatch function: -x 'Makefile.am' -x 'configure' \
-x 'ltmain.sh' -x 'aclocal.m4' -x 'config.sub' -x 'missing' and so on,
then you'll get a patchfile with only the relevant changes. What about
including a function in the g-b-s to create such a small patch in
CYGWIN-PATCHES and deliver this minimal patch too?
Gerrit
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