From owner-cvs-all Wed Oct 24 18:57: 1 2001 Delivered-To: cvs-all@freebsd.org Received: from omega.lovett.com (omega.lovett.com [209.249.90.123]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B567437B403; Wed, 24 Oct 2001 18:56:56 -0700 (PDT) Received: from cs6668153-153.austin.rr.com ([66.68.153.153] helo=guardian.lovett.com ident=root) by omega.lovett.com with esmtp (Exim 3.33 #1) id 15wZlP-000O9g-00; Wed, 24 Oct 2001 18:56:55 -0700 Received: from ade by guardian.lovett.com with local (Exim 3.33 #1) id 15wZlO-0001TQ-00; Wed, 24 Oct 2001 20:56:54 -0500 Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2001 20:56:54 -0500 From: Ade Lovett To: Bill Fenner Cc: cvs-committers@freebsd.org, cvs-all@freebsd.org, portmgr@freebsd.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: ports/devel/automake Makefile distinfo pkg-plist ports/devel/automake/files patch-ab patch-ad Message-ID: <20011024205654.E3080@FreeBSD.org> References: <200110242107.OAA09339@windsor.research.att.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <200110242107.OAA09339@windsor.research.att.com>; from fenner@research.att.com on Wed, Oct 24, 2001 at 02:07:35PM -0700 Sender: owner-cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Wed, Oct 24, 2001 at 02:07:35PM -0700, Bill Fenner wrote: > My experience with newer autoconf a few months ago is that it is not > backwards-compatible, so we'd need to create a way to have multiple > autoconf versions installed. Ideally, we'd solve this with a separate testbed ports cluster, so we (portmgr) could drop in the new libtool/autoconf/etc.., get everything working, then drop it in to the real system. Unfortunately, that doesn't appear to be possible right now. However, given that 4.4 is out the door, 4.5 is some time away, and 5.x is just, well, 5.x, perhaps we should lay down a specific tag in the ports tree (or a firm date) for cvsup updates, flip the switch, then go through any issues associated with the new autoconf/libtool. Sure, initially there's likely to be huge breakage in the ports/ tree, but I don't see any alternatives, and right now, time is on our side. -aDe -- Ade Lovett, Austin, TX. ade@FreeBSD.org FreeBSD: The Power to Serve http://www.FreeBSD.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message