On 12/7/06, Bruce Dubbs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Alexander E. Patrakov wrote:
> The question is
> whether we install /usr/bin/auto* just for beauty (with no intention to
> call it), or for a functional purpose. As far as I can remember the past
> discussions, autotools are a part of the development platform that LFS
> aims to be.
You make a good point. The question in my mind is which versions
(plural) of autotools should be installed? Perhaps the most recent
version and then a discussion of the issues and a generic "install
additional versions as required like this" section would be more
appropriate than us trying to decide in advance what versions a
developer will need.
Mozilla _requires_ autoconf-2.13. Ouch. I had to install it in my home
directory when I was investigating the pango-xft issues. I've often
thought it would be nice to get the multiple version magic going, but
never had enough interest to do it.
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Dan
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