On 10/05/2010 05:28 AM, Alan McKinnon wrote: > Apparently, though unproven, at 10:25 on Tuesday 05 October 2010, dhk did > opine thusly: > >> What should I do about dev-util/autotoolset? I use it every day for a >> project, but today it looks like I'm being told to remove it. What is >> the alternative? >> >> In my package.keywords file I have "dev-util/autotoolset ~amd64" >> unmasked since I use autotools for a project. >> >> After the output of "emerge -uDNp world" this morning the following >> message is displayed. >> >> !!! The following installed packages are masked: >> - dev-util/autotoolset-0.11.4-r1 (masked by: package.mask) >> /usr/portage/profiles/package.mask: >> # Diego E. Pettenò <flamee...@gentoo.org> (04 Oct 2010) >> # on behalf of QA team >> # >> # Ironically, it is misusing autotools (bug #255831). It was >> # added in 2004 and never version bumped since; autotools >> # have since evolved a fair amount, while this is based >> # still on automake 1.6. Avoid keeping it around. >> # >> # Removal on 2010-12-03 >> >> For more information, see the MASKED PACKAGES section in the emerge >> man page or refer to the Gentoo Handbook. >> >> As stated above, what should I "Avoid keeping it around?" Is it >> autotoolset, automake 1.6, ...? Also, what's getting removed on >> 2010-12-03? If autotoolset is removed, what should be used to build >> projects? > > The text applies to autotoolset and the reason it is being removed. It is > autotoolset that is not being kept around anymore. > > It's actually quite obvious once you calm down, get over your fright, and > read > the message. > > You do not need autotoolset to build projects. You need autotools which is > not > the same thing. > >> Even though I have autotoolset installed, search shows it as being masked. >> >> # emerge --search autotoolset >> Searching... >> [ Results for search key : autotoolset ] >> [ Applications found : 1 ] >> >> * dev-util/autotoolset [ Masked ] >> Latest version available: 0.11.4-r1 >> Latest version installed: 0.11.4-r1 >> Size of files: 1,133 kB >> Homepage: http://autotoolset.sourceforge.net/ >> Description: colection of small tools to simplify project >> development with autotools >> License: GPL-2 >> >> >> What to do now? > > Why are you worried? You use autotools not autotoolset. Let the thing be > removed, After 6 years of no updates you shouldn't be using it anyway. > > >
So are you saying if I remove autotoolset that I'll still have autoconf, automake, and the rest; and everything will work the same? I thought all the autotools were in autotoolset. I guess I don't know the difference between autotools and autotoolset and what they are made up of.
