Provided by: dh-autoreconf_9_all
NAME
dh-autoreconf - debhelper add-on to run autoreconf during build
DESCRIPTION
The dh-autoreconf package provides a sequence addon for debhelper 7 which can be used in the following way: #!/usr/bin/make -f %: dh $@ --with autoreconf This will call dh_autoreconf prior to dh_auto_configure and will call dh_autoreconf_clean before dh_clean. For more information on how to control the autoreconf process or how to other possible options, read the dh_autoreconf(1) and dh_autoreconf_clean(1) manual pages.
CDBS INTEGRATION
This package also provides /usr/share/cdbs/1/rules/autoreconf.mk for packages using CDBS. The variable "DEB_DH_AUTORECONF_ARGS" can be used to pass extra arguments to dh_autoreconf, and the variable "DEB_DH_AUTORECONF_CLEAN_ARGS" to pass arguments to dh_autoreconf_clean. See their manual pages for information on available arguments.
TIPS AND EXAMPLES
PATCHING LTMAIN.SH FOR AS-NEEDED LINKER FLAGS You can add support for -Wl,--as-needed to ltmain.sh (at least for those ltmain.sh scripts changed during autoreconf) by passing the argument --as-needed to dh_autoreconf, as demonstrated in the following example: #!/usr/bin/make -f %: dh $@ --with autoreconf override_dh_autoreconf: dh_autoreconf --as-needed and for CDBS, by adding it to the correct variable such as: DEB_DH_AUTORECONF_ARGS = --as-needed For more information about this feature, see dh_autoreconf(1) RUNNING MULTIPLE COMMANDS WITH DH_AUTORECONF Please note that you may run dh_autoreconf only once. If you need to run multiple commands, you can put the commands into a script or your debian/rules file and then pass the name of your script to dh_autoreconf. For example, if your script is called debian/autogen.sh, you can put the following into your debian/rules if you use dh: override_dh_autoreconf: dh_autoreconf debian/autogen.sh Or, if you use CDBS: DEB_DH_AUTORECONF_ARGS += debian/autogen.sh
CAVEATS
dh_autoreconf is a superset of the autotools-dev debhelper addons, so you do not need --with=autotools_dev if you use --with=autoreconf. In fact, in most cases they should not be used together, as it may lead to unpredictable behaviour. From time to time, there might be a short breakage for those using automatic ltmain.sh patching, when the patch now longer applies to the ltmain.sh. You can only run dh_autoreconf once. Future versions may be able to be run multiple times, but this requires slightly more planning.
SEE ALSO
debhelper(7), dh(1), dh_autoreconf(1), dh_autoreconf_clean(1)
AUTHOR
Julian Andres Klode <jak@debian.org>