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6 dh_autoreconf - Call autoreconf -f -i and keep track of the changed
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10 dh_autoreconf [debhelper options] [-Xitem] [--mode=mode]
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14 dh_autoreconf is responsible for calling autoreconf and creating the
15 files debian/autoreconf.before and debian/autoreconf.after which
16 contain checksums of all files before/after the build. It is
17 complemented by dh_autoreconf_clean which creates a list of all changed
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20 Please note that dh_autoreconf can only be run once. Thus, if you need
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27 dh_autoreconf will only scan the given directories for changes. If
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45 Change the way in which modifications to files are detected. The
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51 Enable support for -Wl,--as-needed in all ltmain.sh files identical
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68 For each tool executed by autoreconf(1), one can export a variable with
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72 where automake 1.11 shall be run instead of the default automake
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