LPRng was Re: Pending packages status

[Earnie Boyd]

Max Bowsher wrote:
> Earnie Boyd wrote:
> 
>>Max Bowsher wrote:
>>
>>>IMO, a simple bootstrap.sh containing the appropriate autotool
>>>commands would be better.
>>>
>>
>>A source release for a binary package isn't supposed to require
>>autotools.  IIRC, this is GNU standards mandated; if not it certainly
>>is autoconf mandated.  The configure script exists for the
>>non-maintainer. 
> 
> 
> You're right - I just hate the *huge* patches that result from this.
> 

Now that just happens to be a cygwin-apps Style 2 mandate, I believe. ;)

Earnie.