[New-bugs-announce] [issue46973] Provide make target to regenerate autoconf files with container

[Christian Heimes]

New submission from Christian Heimes <lists at cheimes.de>:

CPython stores auto-generated autoconf files (configure, aclocal.m4, pyconfig.h.in) in git. The files must be regenerated with very specific versions of autotools 2.69 + runtimestate patch, autoarchive, and pkg-config's m4 macros. I provide a container image based on Alpine 3.13 for automation and CI.

Let's add a build target to make it easier for contributors to regenerate the files and utilize the container images. The command needs a container runtime (podman, docker), though.

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assignee: christian.heimes
components: Build
messages: 414846
nosy: brett.cannon, christian.heimes, gregory.p.smith
priority: normal
severity: normal
status: open
title: Provide make target to regenerate autoconf files with container
type: enhancement
versions: Python 3.10, Python 3.11, Python 3.9

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