cute tail display of config.log, to include a header

diff --git a/Debian/Debhelper/Buildsystem/autoconf.pm b/Debian/Debhelper/Buildsystem/autoconf.pm
index 59b6c6b26d087526351fa5b199fe5d46ebdf0d3a..a97de9c66ab9f85a670f4c94b01a47f1312eac1b 100644 (file)
--- a/Debian/Debhelper/Buildsystem/autoconf.pm
+++ b/Debian/Debhelper/Buildsystem/autoconf.pm
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ sub configure {
        };
        if ($@) {
                if (-e $this->get_buildpath("config.log")) {
-                       $this->doit_in_builddir("cat config.log");
+                       $this->doit_in_builddir("tail -v -n +0 config.log");
                }
                die $@;
        }

diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index fec513388d0ae9291e2ac3a5e09c22b00d00d7c5..55b72c18db178d84cc1b6fce296f5e4df4e8e6d4 100644 (file)
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ debhelper (7.4.4) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
   * Typo. Closes: #555659
   * cmake: Set CTEST_OUTPUT_ON_FAILURE when running test suite.
     Closes: #555807 (Modestas Vainius)
-  * autoconf: If configure fails, cat config.log. Intended to make
+  * autoconf: If configure fails, display config.log. Intended to make
     it easier to debug configure script failures on autobuilders.
     Closes: #556384