autotools plugin doesn't call make
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Current evaluation
autotools plugin skipped the build step, running only `make install`. Fixed by canonical/snapcraft PR #253 ("Autotools plugin: Call make before make install"), merged as commit e09cdb58b.
Resolution: closed resolved
Reason: Maintainer kyrofa closed the bug pointing to snapcraft PR #253, which was merged into master as merge commit e09cdb58b (change commit bc2213122) on branch kyrofa/bugfix/1536700/autotools_call_make, making the plugin run `make` before `make install`.
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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 |
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| stealth/space-bunny-alpha | — | closed resolved | autotools plugin skipped the build step, running only `make install`. Fixed by canonical/snapcraft PR #253 ("Autotools plugin: Call make before make install"), merged as commit e09cdb58b. | |
| stealth/space-bunny-alpha | — | closed resolved | Autotools plugin ran only `make install`, skipping the build step. Maintainer pointed to PR #253, which was merged (commit e09cdb58b / bc2213122) making the plugin run `make` before `make install`. | |
| stealth/space-bunny-alpha | — | closed resolved | Autotools now runs make before make install via merged PR #253 (commit bc2213122), fixing builds that could not install without a prior build. | |
| 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 work
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Likely Fixed By:
canonical/snapcraft#253
(confidence 97%)
Merged PR 'Autotools plugin: Call make before make install' by kyrofa, merge commit e09cdb58b, referenced directly in the closing comment
Related issues
| Issue | Project | State | Summary | Similarity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #253 Autotools plugin: Call make before make install | snapcraft | merged | PR #253 by kyrofa was merged (merge commit e09cdb58b, change commit bc2213122), making the Autotools plugin run `make` before `make install`, fixing Launchpad bug #1536700. | |
| #1018 autotools: extend Make plugin instead of repeating code | snapcraft | closed | Closed after inactivity; the same Autotools-to-Make plugin refactor was re-proposed in snapcraft#1076 and merged as commit 83072a5b2. | |
| #1659363 Autotools plugin should inherit make | snapcraft (launchpad) | closed | Superseded by canonical/snapcraft#1076, which merged the Autotools-to-Make plugin refactor in commit 83072a5b2 after #1018 became inactive. | |
| #254 Backport to 1.x: Autotools plugin: Call make before make install | snapcraft | merged | Merged snapcraft#254 into 1.x, backporting #253 so the Autotools plugin runs make before make install. |