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As a general rule I think we should be automatically updating these files (if they exist) for packages that use `ConfigureMake` and have `Autotools` as a dependency."},"comment":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/easybuilders/easybuild-easyblocks/issues/comments/397608114","html_url":"https://github.com/easybuilders/easybuild-easyblocks/issues/1276#issuecomment-397608114","issue_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/easybuilders/easybuild-easyblocks/issues/1276","id":397608114,"node_id":"MDEyOklzc3VlQ29tbWVudDM5NzYwODExNA==","user":{"login":"omula","id":2146510,"node_id":"MDQ6VXNlcjIxNDY1MTA=","avatar_url":"https://avatars1.githubusercontent.com/u/2146510?v=4","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/omula","html_url":"https://github.com/omula","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/omula/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/omula/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/omula/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/omula/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/omula/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/omula/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/omula/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/omula/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/omula/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"created_at":"2018-06-15T12:40:48Z","updated_at":"2018-06-15T12:40:48Z","author_association":"CONTRIBUTOR","body":"Just to make you aware that the solution that I used with LibTIFF does not always work. So, maybe spacks approach might be a good solution.\r\n\r\n```\r\nnumactl-2.0.11-GCCcore-7.3.0.eb:preconfigopts = \"./autogen.sh && \"\r\nOpt++-2.4-foss-2018b.eb:preconfigopts = 'autoreconf -fmi && '\r\nCppUnit-1.13.2-GCCcore-7.3.0.eb:preconfigopts = 'autoreconf --install && automake --add-missing --copy --force-missing && '\r\n```\r\n"}}
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