Date: Thu, 13 Dec 2001 17:23:33 -0500 From: Alan Eldridge <alane@geeksrus.net> To: Lev Serebryakov <lev@serebryakov.spb.ru> Cc: ports@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: autoconf 2.50 Message-ID: <20011213172333.A96484@wwweasel.geeksrus.net> In-Reply-To: <19794459125.20011214005824@serebryakov.spb.ru>; from lev@serebryakov.spb.ru on Fri, Dec 14, 2001 at 12:58:24AM %2B0300 References: <19794459125.20011214005824@serebryakov.spb.ru>
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On Fri, Dec 14, 2001 at 12:58:24AM +0300, Lev Serebryakov wrote: >Hello, ports! How are you? > > deve/autoconf port has 2.13-XXX version :( > And many programs want autoconf-2.50 already. > For example, I want to update icewm port to 1.0.9-2 version, and > icewm 1.0.9 needs autoconf-2.50. > > System has two identical ports now -- autoconf213 and autoconf. WHY? They are not identical. Same for automake. Make ports will not build using the newer versions. And don't say they should be updated/fixed ... to update KDE, for example, to use the newer versions would require a massive overhaul to an already too-complex build system. -- Alan Eldridge Just another $LANGUAGE hacker. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message
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