Date: Sat, 7 Feb 2004 16:22:46 -0500 From: Louis Munro <louismunro@altern.org> To: Andy Fawcett <andy@athame.co.uk> Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: setting autoconf version? Message-ID: <200402071622.46899.louismunro@altern.org> In-Reply-To: <200402071843.01208.andy@athame.co.uk> References: <200402070827.05980.louismunro@altern.org> <40251332.2090005@sepulcrum.org> <200402071843.01208.andy@athame.co.uk>
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On February 7, 2004 11:43, Andy Fawcett wrote: > > >On February 7, 2004 11:22 am, Louis Munro wrote: > > >>I have > > >>autoconf-2.13.000227_5, autoconf-2.53_1 and autoconf-2.57_1 > > >> installed concurrently. The problem is telling my system which one > > >> to use as it defaults to 2.13.000227_5. > > > > > >Sorry, that should have read > > >The problem is telling my system which one to use as it > > >defaults to 2.53_1. > > >I don't think it fundamentally changes anything but there it is... > > >My mistake. > > > > > >Louis > > The problem here was in the kdevelop port. It should never have needed > to call autofuck in the first place, and this has now been fixed. > > As to why it cannot find the correct version of autoconf, this is > basically because the names of the autoconf binary is different from > what the KDE stuff expects. We have autoconf257, but most Linux systems > for example would have it as autoconf2.57 or maybe autoconf-2.57 > > It's a PITA, and it would be nice if we had a full set of > "compatibility" symlinks in the autotools ports. > > A. Gotcha! My local cvsup server wasn't up to date this morning, so I cvsuped from cvsup.FREEBSD.org, then did a make clean in the /x11/kde3 port and now it's back on track again. Thank you all guys, I'm a happy camper again... Louis
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