Bug#776559: autoupdate: add option that reports needed updates to configure.ac

[Ben Pfaff]

The following feature request was reported against the Debian packaging
for Autoconf as bug #776559.  I'm forwarding it to the autoconf mailing
list in case anyone wants to comment or implement this feature request.
I'd appreciate it if followups would retain the CC to
address@hidden, because that allows the Debian bug tracker to
automatically track the conversation.

Thanks,

Ben.

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Date: Thu, 29 Jan 2015 17:43:19 +0800
From: Paul Wise <address@hidden>
To: Debian Bug Tracking System <address@hidden>
Subject: Bug#776559: autoupdate: add option that reports needed updates to
        configure.ac
X-Mailer: Evolution 3.12.9-1+b1

Package: autoconf
Severity: wishlist
File: /usr/bin/autoupdate
Usertags: check-all-the-things

I would like to have an option for autoupdate that doesn't modify
configure.ac but instead reports the needed changes to stdout. This is
needed to non-destructively report that configure.ac needs updating. In
addition it should use a temporary directory for autom4te.cache/ so that
the existing one if any doesn't get modified.

The context is that I'm working on a tool to check all of the files in a
source package and I would like to check the autotools parts too.

https://anonscm.debian.org/cgit/collab-maint/check-all-the-things.git

-- 
bye,
pabs

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