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Date:      Fri, 9 Apr 2004 08:51:06 -0700
From:      Ade Lovett <ade@FreeBSD.org>
To:        "Bjoern A. Zeeb" <bzeeb-lists@lists.zabbadoz.net>
Cc:        freebsd-ports@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: automake 1.4 -> 1.8 ?
Message-ID:  <B66B6F50-8A3D-11D8-94AA-000A956B6386@FreeBSD.org>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.53.0404091536540.53738@e0-0.zab2.int.zabbadoz.net>
References:  <Pine.BSF.4.53.0404091536540.53738@e0-0.zab2.int.zabbadoz.net>

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There is a pending update to break out all of the autotools gunk from 
bsd.port.mk to bsd.autotools.mk, which will be closely followed by an 
update to bsd.autotools.mk to handle any and all versions of 
libtool/autoconf/automake in the tree.

The message is purely advisory at the moment.

-aDe

On Apr 09, 2004, at 08:41, Bjoern A. Zeeb wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I am just at the point updating a port and have seen the note in
> automake14 Makefile that it says one should use automake18 with the
> beginning of 2005.
>
> But bsd.port.mk does not know about automake18 yet and thus
> automatically marks the port as BROKEN when one tries to use
> automake18.
>
> So how should this be handled ?
>
> Should I suggest to make automake18 known in bsd.port.mk so that
> people could start using it ?
>
> -- 
> Greetings
>
> Bjoern A. Zeeb				bzeeb at Zabbadoz dot NeT
> 56 69 73 69 74				http://www.zabbadoz.net/
>



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