Date: Fri, 03 Sep 2004 01:02:38 -0400 From: Bob Perry <rperry4@earthlink.net> To: Ben Paley <ben@spooty.net> Cc: FreeBSD-Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Are Autoconf253 and Automake15 Deprecated? Message-ID: <4137FAEE.8050805@earthlink.net> In-Reply-To: <200409011809.47766.ben@spooty.net> References: <20040808120059.AC05A16A4CE@hub.freebsd.org> <200409011809.47766.ben@spooty.net>
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Ben Paley wrote:
>On Sunday 08 August 2004 13:00, freebsd-questions-request@freebsd.org wrote:
>
>
>>Hi,
>>I CVSup's my system (FreeBSD 4.9-p2 #0) early this morning and found
>>the following in /usr/ports/CHANGES:
>>
>>20040803:
>>AUTHOR: ade@FreeBSD.org
>> As part of the ongoing autotools cleanup, devel/autoconf has been
>> replaced with devel/autoconf253, and devel/automake with
>>devel/automake15. Consumers of the various autotools knobs from
>>bsd.autotools.mk should not notice any differences. This update completes
>>the transition of autotools to true versioned packages (cf: tcl/tk)
>>
>>I just updated my watchlist in FreshPorts and it indicates that
>>autoconf253 is
>>deprecated and should be replaced with /devel/autoconf259. Similarly,
>>automake15 should be replaced with devel/automake18. Is FreshPorts more
>>current? If so, will the following correctly upgrade my system:
>>
>>portupgrade -rfo /devel/automake automake
>>portupgrade -rfo /devel/autoconf autoconf
>>
>>Thanks for your assistance.
>>
>>
>
>I've been getting all this, and the various strategies I've tried haven't
>worked. On the other hand nothing bad seems to have happened as a result, so
>I still feel I'm on the lucky side...
>
>Did you ever work out how to sort this? I'd really appreciate your advice If
>you've got anywhere.
>
>Cheers,
>Ben
>
>
>
Hi Ben,
I did receive a response from the author, ade@FreeBSD.org, which follows:
Deprecated in this sense means that porters in general should be moving
away from the older versions of automake/autoconf, to the newer ones,
which will eventually get removed.
Since I don't use portupgrade myself, I have no idea whether the above
will work, but with all the entries added to /usr/ports/MOVED, a simple
upgrade (which is essentially a no-op in terms of the version here),
will migrate your system away from devel/autoconf -> devel/autoconf253
and devel/automake -> devel/automake15.
As regards the freebsd-questions list, I really have no idea, since I
don't subscribe to it due to the sheer volume of traffic it receives.
Generally speaking, if you have a problem with a port, look at the
MAINTAINER field, and send email to that individual and possibly also
ports@FreeBSD.org, where people, such as myself, who are involved with
day-to-day management of the ports/ tree tend to hang out.
Regards,
-aDe
Based upon this response, the change in question seems to be more of a
concern for porters and that an upgrade would make it a non-issue. I
really don't have any additional advice to pass along at this time, but
I'll will post this to the mailing list again and someone with a little
more expertise may have the time to respond.
I'm still not very comfortable playing the role of systems administrator
and I am equally uncomfortable with FreeBSD. I lack too many of the basic
skills at this point and issues like this just muddy the waters even more.
I'm building a new pc (combo Suse/Windows) for my work and personal files
and intend to keep my current FreeBSD box for future training/testing when
time permits. Looking forward to the day I can use the phrase "simple
upgrade."
Regards,
Bob
--
I've learned that whatever hits the fan will not be evenly
distributed.
FreeBSD 4.9-RELEASE-p2 #0
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