Date: Mon, 10 May 2004 11:25:52 -0300 From: Fernan Aguero <fernan@iib.unsam.edu.ar> To: Ade Lovett <ade@FreeBSD.org> Cc: freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: gnuplot update: almost ready but ... how to deal with autotools? Message-ID: <20040510142552.GA65853@iib.unsam.edu.ar> In-Reply-To: <A7BE8D96-A06B-11D8-99E2-000A956B6386@FreeBSD.org> References: <20040507205532.GA6448@iib.unsam.edu.ar> <A7BE8D96-A06B-11D8-99E2-000A956B6386@FreeBSD.org>
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+----[ Ade Lovett <ade@FreeBSD.org> (07.May.2004 18:11): | | As I have previously stated, time and time and time again on the ports@ | mailing list, I am waiting on a major update to bsd.autotools.mk, with | widespread changes across the entire ports tree. And as I said on my message, this is what I supposed was happening. I just wanted a confirmation, since I've never used autotools before and was not aware of the recent issues with it. I did searched the archives, but I only got as far as having the impression that something was going on. I did not find any pointer with a clear explanation of the issues involved and the planned changes. Perhaps not knowing too much about the issue of auto* I missed some thread(s)? | This takes time to test, and is not likely to happen until (a) 4.10-REL | is out the door and (b) I get some quality time with bento and its | 4-exp package run. OK. | User-created symlinks are absolutely NOT the way to go, you WILL hose | your system eventually, and is COMPLETELY UNSUPPORTED. Without knowing too much about how FreeBSD deals with different concurrent versions of auto* I realized this was not the way to go. I think I made it clear on my message. I just mentioned that I was now able to compile gnuplot if I created some symlinks. | I suggest that you hold off on this update until the next round of | autotools updates are completed, when autoconf259 and automake18 will | be available via the normal autotools Makefile-knobs. This is what I was looking for to hear. Thanks, Fernan | +----] -- F e r n a n A g u e r o http://genoma.unsam.edu.ar/~fernan
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