Common build problems (3)

• Build calls automake or autoconf despite debian/rules making no direct call to it

• Likely reason:

  • diff.gz (or dpatch et al.) fiddled with autotools files and changed their timestamps

• Possible ways to solve:

  • Fix timestamps in debian/rules
  • Build-depend on autoconf, automake... NO!
  • AM_MAINTAINER_MODE

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