Hi, To be more reasonable (i suppose most ports using autotools in tree won't change their build scheme before earth blows itself, maybe because of autotools), i'd like to add my tiny-little p.o.v to this discussion :
When upgrading a port, it costs little time to check that newest version still needs a particular AUTO*_VERSION, and remove the option if ports compiles with 'normal-latest' autotools version. But digging through whole tree to test each port would be a real waste of time. Landry On 10/16/07, Marc Espie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, Oct 16, 2007 at 11:50:52AM -0400, Douglas A. Tutty wrote: > > On Tue, Oct 16, 2007 at 11:52:27AM +0100, Stuart Henderson wrote: > > > On 2007/10/16 16:10, Amarendra Godbole wrote: > > > > A peculiar thing I noticed with many ports is they need different > versions of > > > > autoconf installed (set through the AUTOCONF_VERSION variable) - so in > the > > > > end, my system has 3 versions after a couple of port builds (2.13, > 2.59, and > > > > 2.61). > > > > > > This isn't a problem. > > > > The OP seems to think it is or he (she?) wouldn't waste his time > > emailing the list or making an offer to a considerable amount of work to > > fix it. Rather than just dissing him, why not enlighten us as to why > > its not a problem? > > > > Perhaps address the statement "... they _NEED_ different versions of > > autoconf installed...". > > > > Doug. > > Fixing this is a waste of time. > > Autoconf itself is an issue. Actually a lot of engineering issues. > Using it in the first place is a mistake. > > If you prefer, it's up to external projects to fix up their shit. > > KDE has stopped using the GNU auto* dreck, and I'm very happy for their > switch to cmake. > > It's already enough of a headache to work around autoconf issues. Unifying > them ? nope, not a chance. > > We have loads of better things to do. > > From a practical point of view, each autoconf version is very small, and > compiles/installs in just a fraction of the time it would take to `fix' > ports to use a common autoconf.
