Date: Mon, 05 Nov 2007 14:19:35 +0000 From: James <jamesh@lanl.gov> To: Pollywog <lists-fbsd@shadypond.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: multiple autoconf versions Message-ID: <1194272375.44119.0.camel@secretariat.lanl.gov> In-Reply-To: <200711051948.35173.lists-fbsd@shadypond.com> References: <200711051948.35173.lists-fbsd@shadypond.com>
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On Mon, 2007-11-05 at 19:48 +0000, Pollywog wrote: > I am running FreeBSD 6.2 and I discovered that I have four versions of > autoconf installed. > > autoconf-2.13.000227_6 Automatically configure source code on many Un*x > platforms > autoconf-2.53_4 Automatically configure source code on many Un*x platforms > autoconf-2.59_3 Automatically configure source code on many Un*x platforms > autoconf-2.61_2 Automatically configure source code on many Un*x platforms > > > Should I remove any of them? I know that in Linux, having more than one > version of autoconf can cause problems, but I am not certain of what to do > here. > > thanks > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" Reading /usr/ports/UPDATING says that yes, you *can*, but whether you *should* is another issue. I had a machine, though, that was crapping out on portupgrades, for which removing old versions of autoconf made things simpler to resolve.
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