Date: Tue, 01 Jul 1997 07:12:23 -0700 From: Scott Blachowicz <scott@statsci.com> To: asami@cs.berkeley.edu (Satoshi Asami) Cc: freebsd-ports@hub.freebsd.org Subject: Re: ports/3996: nmh needs dependecy on autoconfig to work. Message-ID: <m0wj3fM-0007RRC@plum.statsci.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 01 Jul 1997 02:10:03 -0700." <199707010910.CAA20283@hub.freebsd.org> References: <199707010910.CAA20283@hub.freebsd.org>
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asami@cs.berkeley.edu (Satoshi Asami) wrote:
> * : Is that dependency normal for packages that use the GNU autoconf?
> *
> * I think so.
>
> I think you guys may not be talking about the same thing. If you want
> to use GNU autoconf to regenerate the "configure" script from
> "configure.in", you will need a BUILD_DEPENDS line to devel/autoconf.
The port doesn't NEED to regenerate anything - it just has the Makefile rules
to do so. The patches/ directory has patches to both the autoconf input and
output files. I think it's just a timing thing that ends up causing 'make' to
think that the output file needs to be regenerated. Also, I believe that the
pending patch (ports/3992) to the port ought to fix the problem (as well as
updating the version of nmh supported by the port).
Scott Blachowicz Ph: 206/283-8802x240 Mathsoft (Data Analysis Products Div)
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