Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2001 15:10:25 -0500 From: Will Andrews <will@physics.purdue.edu> To: David O'Brien <obrien@FreeBSD.org> Cc: Maxim Sobolev <sobomax@FreeBSD.org>, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: ports/devel/automake Makefile distinfo pkg-plist ports/devel/automake/files patch-ab patch-ad Message-ID: <20011024151025.S25747@squall.waterspout.com> In-Reply-To: <20011024124641.A506@dragon.nuxi.com> References: <200110080724.f987O7620498@freefall.freebsd.org> <20011024124641.A506@dragon.nuxi.com>
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On Wed, Oct 24, 2001 at 12:46:41PM -0700, David O'Brien wrote: > [portmgr CC'ed due to importancy of this port to the overall ports > infrastructure] > > You did not address your plans on when/how this port will return to 1.5. > We cannot put our head in the sand on this one (unlink libtool, this does > included new applicable functionality). > > Please list the ports that broke so they may be addressed. Many of the > ports that depend on automake probably really don't in truth need it. > Any package that uses Makefile.am+automake is suppose to supply a built > Makefile.in. > > Automake 1.5 is now needed for Binutils and GCC work, so are we either > need an upgrade plan, or an "automake-current" port. Actually, automake > should return to 1.5, and an automake14 port created (via repo copy). > The ports that cannot handle 1.5 can use the outdated version. For what it's worth, I agree with your discussion here, particularly the last paragraph. -- wca To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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