[Bug 1806509] Re: dh_auto_configure: --disable-maintainer-mode

[themusicgod1]

...would it make sense to link to this reason why(eg some maintainers in
other projects actually do use it) in the error message, rather than
just warning about it?  Would a more descriptive warning message make
sense so the next guy doesn't submit the same patch?

** Changed in: debhelper (Ubuntu)
       Status: Incomplete => New

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Title:
  dh_auto_configure: --disable-maintainer-mode

Status in debhelper package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  when building libcpuid ( https://notabug.org/themusicgod1/libcpuid/ )
  dh_auto_configure tries to send in an option to configure "--disable-
  maintainer-mode".  This is not recognized(anymore?).

  debuild -us -uc -b
  ...
  dh_auto_configure
  	./configure --build=x86_64-linux-gnu --prefix=/usr --includedir=\${prefix}/include --mandir=\${prefix}/share/man --infodir=\${prefix}/share/info --sysconfdir=/etc --localstatedir=/var --disable-silent-rules --libdir=\${prefix}/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu --libexecdir=\${prefix}/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu --disable-maintainer-mode --disable-dependency-tracking
  configure: WARNING: unrecognized options: --disable-maintainer-mode

  removing --disable-maintainer-mode from

  debhelper-11.3.2ubuntu1/lib/Debian/Debhelper/Buildsystem/autoconf.pm

  and the corresponding test in debhelper-11.3.2ubuntu1/t/buildsystems/autoconf/configure 
  made debhelper no longer pass in the offending option, and the warning went away.

  debhelper:
    Installed: 11.3.2ubuntu1
    Candidate: 11.3.2ubuntu1
  Ubuntu: 19.04 disco

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 19.04
  Package: debhelper 11.3.2ubuntu1
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.18.0-11.12-generic 4.18.12
  Uname: Linux 4.18.0-11-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.20.10-0ubuntu14
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Mon Dec  3 23:59:56 2018
  PackageArchitecture: all
  ProcEnviron:
   TERM=xterm-256color
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: debhelper
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to disco on 2018-11-23 (10 days ago)

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