Autoconf package does not include all programs

[Skewray]

Binary package hint: autoconf

The autoconf package installs manual entries for several commands such as config.guess and config.sub (for example), but does not install the actual commands.

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: amd64
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.04
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Package: autoconf 2.63-2ubuntu1
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=en_US:en
 PATH=(custom, user)
 SHELL=/bin/tcsh
SourcePackage: autoconf
Uname: Linux 2.6.28-11-generic x86_64

[Scott James Remnant (Canonical) (canonical-scott)]

In Ubuntu, these are shipped in the autotools-dev package

[Skewray (ubuntu-skewray)]

I disagree that this bug is invalid. Either the manual entries for those programs should be included in autotools-dev, or autotools-dev should be a suggested or recommended package for autoconf. Autotools-dev does not suggest or recommend Autoconf either. At the moment there is no link between the packages, which makes no sense at all.

[Scott James Remnant (Canonical) (canonical-scott)]

On Thu, 2009-05-14 at 20:19 +0000, Skewray wrote:

> I disagree that this bug is invalid. Either the manual entries for
> those programs should be included in autotools-dev, or autotools-dev
> should be a suggested or recommended package for autoconf. Autotools-
> dev does not suggest or recommend Autoconf either. At the moment there
> is no link between the packages, which makes no sense at all.
>
That's incorrect.

There is a link between these packages.

autoconf -Recommends-> automake -Depends-> autotools-dev

thus they will be installed together in "all but unusual" situations.

Moving the files between source packages is just a maintenance
nightmare.

Scott
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[Skewray (ubuntu-skewray)]

> There is a link between these packages.
> autoconf -Recommends-> automake -Depends-> autotools-dev
> thus they will be installed together in "all but unusual" situations.
> Moving the files between source packages is just a maintenance nightmare.

You are right, Scott. Invalid it is.