I'm running into various dependecies which are causing me much grief. I updated several GNU packages in my source tree to the versions on alpha, because I couldn't get them to build on the base system I'm working on (glibc 2.1, Linux 2.2, etc). In some cases, I've wanted or needed to re-run automake or autoconf to pick up new features (like DESTDIR support) or even some of the more basic things, like the extra path options that were added to less-than-ancient autoconf. Unfortunately, it seems that in order to get some of these to work, it has been recommended that I update to the alpha.gnu.org autoconf and/or the current CVS of automake. Of course, I'm afraid that if I do this, the whole house of cards will come tumbling down. Perhaps I'm wrong--I'd like someone to tell me if I can actually use these with both the alpha versions of some utils and stable (sometimes ancient, like ed or tar) versions of others. I don't even need extensive platform and architecture support--just x86, Linux 2.2, glibc 2.1, etc. Wil -- W. Reilly Cooley [EMAIL PROTECTED] Naked Ape Consulting http://nakedape.cc LNXS: Linux/GNU for servers, networks, and http://lnxs.org people who take care of them. *Now with integrated crypto!* irc.openprojects.net #lnxs Mencken and Nathan's Fifteenth Law of The Average American: The worst actress in the company is always the manager's wife.
