autotools plugin doesn't call make
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Current evaluation
Closed without discussion, likely abandoned. The autotools plugin was reported to skip the make step before make install, causing build failures for some projects.
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Issue body
The autotools plugin simply configures and then runs `make install`. Not every piece of software will work this way-- it should run `make` and THEN `make install`.
Evaluation history
| Date | Model | Scores | Action | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b | — | — | Closed without discussion, likely abandoned. The autotools plugin was reported to skip the make step before make install, causing build failures for some projects. | |
| qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b | — | — | The issue was closed without comment or implementation, indicating it was abandoned. No fix was applied to make the autotools plugin run make before make install. |
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Related issues
| Issue | Project | State | Summary | Similarity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1659363 Autotools plugin should inherit make | snapcraft (launchpad) | closed | The suggestion to refactor the autotools plugin to inherit from make was closed without discussion or implementation, indicating the request was abandoned. | |
| #11 Autotools doesn't work without autogen.sh | snapcraft | closed | Closed as abandoned. Maintainer rejected the suggestion to replace autogen.sh with autoreconf, citing missing tests. No fix was implemented. | |
| #1621694 autotools plugin has no integration tests | snapcraft (launchpad) | closed | Request for autotools plugin integration tests was closed without resolution. No pull requests or commits were linked, indicating the task was abandoned. | |
| #1882425 autotools plugin should still honour autogen.sh if present | snapcraft (launchpad) | closed | Abandoned. The request for the autotools plugin v2 to preserve autogen.sh execution was closed without resolution, leaving the plugin to skip autogen.sh and run autoreconf directly. | |
| #1018 autotools: extend Make plugin instead of repeating code | snapcraft | closed | Closed due to inactivity after a reviewer requested a bug report and changes. The author responded and added the bug, but a force-push prevented reopening. The reviewer instructed the author to re-propose the pull request. | |
| #1507648 Autotools doesn't work without autogen.sh | snapcraft (launchpad) | closed | Adding an autoreconf option instead of autogen.sh was closed without comments or resolution, indicating the feature request was abandoned. No build system changes were implemented. | |
| #1661424 autotools plugin crashes while running ./configure | snapcraft (launchpad) | closed | Closed without resolution or comments. The autotools plugin crash during ./configure due to a missing Python interpreter was not fixed and appears abandoned. | |
| #1616524 make plugin always runs 'make install' | snapcraft (launchpad) | closed | Closed without resolution. The make plugin implicitly running 'make install' was reported as harmful. No fix or discussion occurred, leaving the issue abandoned. | |
| #1817300 autotools plugin fails to build in classic confinement | snapcraft (launchpad) | closed | Closed without documented resolution. No comments or patches were provided, indicating the issue was likely abandoned. The autotools plugin classic confinement build failure remains unresolved. | |
| #3694 autotools v1 plugin: fix fatal crash when running autogen.sh or bootstrap | snapcraft | closed | Superseded by pull request #3739. The autotools v1 plugin crash fix was closed without merging after three weeks of review inactivity. |