This is an unmodified version of autoconf-2.59, installed into /opt/gcc-tools/ for the use of gcc developers. Gcc requires an unpatched, pristine version of autoconf when preparing patches for official submission. For various reasons [1] it cannot coexist with the existing autoconf packages in /usr.
Autoconf is an extensible package of m4 macros that produce shell scripts to automatically configure software source code packages. The gcc-tools-autoconf-2.59-10 package was prepared on and for cygwin-1.7 using cygport-0.9.2. It differs from the simultaneously released gcc-tools-automake-1.9.6-2 for cygwin-1.5 only in the location of some documentation files. [1] http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin-apps/2009-01/msg00007.html -- Chuck autoconf volunteer maintainer for cygwin ==================================================================== To update your installation, click on the "Install Cygwin now" link on the http://cygwin.com/ web page. This downloads setup.exe to your system. Then, run setup and answer all of the questions. *** CYGWIN-ANNOUNCE UNSUBSCRIBE INFO *** If you want to unsubscribe from the cygwin-announce mailing list, look at the "List-Unsubscribe: " tag in the email header of this message. Send email to the address specified there. It will be in the format: cygwin-announce-unsubscribe-you=yourdomain....@cygwin.com If you need more information on unsubscribing, start reading here: http://sources.redhat.com/lists.html#unsubscribe-simple Please read *all* of the information on unsubscribing that is available starting at this URL. -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
