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Re: Autotools; new versions
Corinna Vinschen wrote:
>>I'm not going to lie to you -- it IS extra work. However, I hope that
>>the extra work is *minimal* -- and to convince you that it is necessary.
>>
>>The "stable" branch:
>> autoconf-2.13
>> automake-1.4p5
>>I would assume that these will never need to be updated. All current
>>development by the GNU guys is on the 2.52/1.5 branches.
>>
>>the "devel" branch:
>> autoconf-2.52
>> automake-1.5
>>These are the versions you are already maintaining, and keeping current.
>> No *additional* work involved here.
>>
>
> Just building with another --prefix, right?
Correct. (BTW, all four versions passed 'make check' with flying
colors). My build script and a README are included in
automake-1.5-2-src.tar.bz2.
>
> BTW, I would prefer a common path for both packages inside of
> /usr to not mess up /usr unneccessarily:
>
> /usr/autotool/stable
> /usr/autotool/devel
>
That's easy enough to fix. I'll try to get to fixing that, and the
other bug I mentioned, tonight. Then I'll upload new packages to my
website.
>>and I'll be around.
>>
>
> That's most important ;-)
--Chuck