Something that does not cause build errors but may give you bad surprises in the future

• Packages that call ./configure without any arguments

• This is very likely a bug in the package

  • Often prevents the package from building if you do not use dpkg-buildpackage
  • Cause of headache when cross-compiling

• Read autotools-dev’s README.Debian.gz

  • “Calling GNU configure properly”

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