Re: bug#19539: [1.15] AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR should be called early

Mike Frysinger <[email protected]> Tue, 8 Feb 2022 19:03:17 -0500

Newsgroups	gmane.comp.sysutils.autoconf.patches
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On 08 Feb 2022 11:03, Glenn Morris wrote:
> I see this bug, and a few others, were reassigned to autoconf.
> autoconf does not use debbugs to track bugs, so the autoconf package has
> no maintainer address

i'm aware of this.  Zach was debating migrating, but until then, seemed
better to park it as such.  no one would be looking at them from any other
project POV since they are autoconf issues.

> causing mails to end up on the help-debbugs list.

i was not aware of this default behavior.  what can we do to suppress the
notifications ?  can we set the maintainer address to /dev/null for a few
known packages like autoconf & libtool ?

> https://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/pkgreport.cgi?pkg=autoconf
> 
> Ref eg https://lists.gnu.org/r/help-debbugs/2017-11/msg00001.html

this one wasn't me ;)
-mike

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