Autotools doesn't work without autogen.sh
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Current evaluation
Closed as abandoned. Maintainer rejected the suggestion to replace autogen.sh with autoreconf, citing missing tests. No fix was implemented.
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Issue body
Old school way to do things, we should have an option to use the slick new autoreconf tool.
Launchpad Details: [#LP1507648](https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1507648) Ted Gould - 2015-10-19 12:14:50 -0300
Evaluation history
| Date | Model | Scores | Action | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b | — | — | Closed as abandoned. Maintainer rejected the suggestion to replace autogen.sh with autoreconf, citing missing tests. No fix was implemented. | |
| qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b | — | — | Closed without implementation. Maintainer noted the suggestion lacked a test, indicating the feature request was abandoned. | |
| qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b | — | — | Requesting an autoreconf option instead of autogen.sh was closed without implementation. A maintainer flagged missing tests, and the request was abandoned. | |
| qwen3.6-35b-a3b-mtp-q6 | — | — | Closed and abandoned. The maintainer noted the proposed change lacked necessary tests, and no further updates were made. The request to replace autogen.sh with autoreconf remains unaddressed. | |
| qwen3.6-35b-a3b-mtp-q6 | — | — | Closed without implementation. A maintainer noted the proposal lacked a test, and no follow-up occurred. The request to replace autogen.sh with autoreconf was abandoned. |
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Related issues
| Issue | Project | State | Summary | Similarity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #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. | |
| #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. | |
| #1536700 autotools plugin doesn't call make | snapcraft (launchpad) | closed | Closed without discussion, likely abandoned. The autotools plugin was reported to skip the make step before make install, causing build failures for some projects. | |
| #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. | |
| #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. |