Date: Wed, 18 May 2005 09:10:15 -0700 From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> To: Matthew Soffen <msoffen@iso-ne.com> Cc: ports@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD Port: automake19-1.9.5 Message-ID: <20050518161015.GA94920@xor.obsecurity.org> In-Reply-To: <1116344389.10339.42.camel@msoffen.iso-ne.com> References: <1116344389.10339.42.camel@msoffen.iso-ne.com>
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--gBBFr7Ir9EOA20Yy Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Tue, May 17, 2005 at 11:39:49AM -0400, Matthew Soffen wrote: > Would it be possible to have the package install either a symlink or a > hardlink for the specific files ?=20 Unfortunately not. This change was deliberate, because a lot of software will not build with the latest versions of auto*, which are unaccountably incompatible with older versions. Using generic names would cause software to pick up versions other than the version they are known and intended to build with. You're invited to express your opinions about the necessity of using these ugly hacks with the autotools developers :-) Kris --gBBFr7Ir9EOA20Yy Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFCi2jmWry0BWjoQKURAoImAKDYN2Uce5e764o8cXEQ69jFNq60ZQCffa3Q 3g9aF8vRFNXwf2h1F+3JHpA= =I2ls -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --gBBFr7Ir9EOA20Yy--
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