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Suggest autoreconf when configure file missing #2195

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hvr opened this issue Nov 1, 2014 · 0 comments
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Suggest autoreconf when configure file missing #2195

hvr opened this issue Nov 1, 2014 · 0 comments
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cabal-install: other meta: easy type: enhancement

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hvr commented Nov 1, 2014

Currently, cabal configure tells you that

$ cabal configure
Resolving dependencies...
Configuring process-1.2.0.1...
Warning: The 'build-type' is 'Configure' but there is no 'configure' script.
cabal: configure script not found.

While correct, users not acquainted with GNU autoconf may not know how to create such a configure file. In most cases autoreconf -i is what they should use, so I'd suggest to augment that warning to add a suggestion to try using autoreconf -i (especially if a configure.ac happens to exist)
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