Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2001 17:06:07 +0200 From: Maxim Sobolev <sobomax@FreeBSD.org> To: Mikhail Teterin <mi@mail.virtual-estates.net> Cc: ports@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: ports/mail/fetchmail Makefile Message-ID: <3AB771DE.23267F9E@FreeBSD.org> References: <200103201430.JAA21816@mail.virtual-estates.net>
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Mikhail Teterin wrote:
> > > > Modified files:
> > > > mail/fetchmail Makefile
> > > > Log:
> > > > Fix two breakages:
> > > > - Prevent Makefile from trying to run 644 missing script when no autocrap
> > > > is installed;
> > > > - add missed by the configure -lintl into LDFLAGS.
> > > >
> > > > Replace perl with ${PERL} while I'm here.
> > > >
> > > > Submitted by: bento
> > >
> > > Was this OK'd by Ville Eerola, the port maintainer?
> >
> > No, this was sorta urgent fix.
> >
> > > I think this is not the correct fix (though it does serve as a
> > > temporary workaround, once again sorry for breaking the port in the
> > > patches I submitted to Ville Eerola). The correct fix should tweak
> > > the drain-bamaged aclocal.m4, which in several places explicitly
> > > removes -lintl from LIBS :( I'm working on this as we speak, and I
> > > think I'll be ready with upgrade patches to submit to Ville Eerola
> > > by the end of the day.
> >
> > Feel free to replace it with correct one. Please avoid introducing
> > USE_AUTO{MAKE,CONF}, though. I would propose leave it as it, and
> > submit aclocal.m4 patch to authors (esr?).
>
> BTW, with very little patching the port can be built without gmake.
> Basicly, all they use is the -C <dir> option of gmake, which can be
> replaced with cd <dir> && make. That's it.
>
> -mi
>
> P.S> How about "libtool, auto considered harmful"?
Please note that it is not a gnufobia, I do not see any problems with gmake/libtool.
autoconf is just not very bulletproof when there are several macros with the same
name in different .m4 files in ${LOCALBASE}/share/aclocal.
-Maxim
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