automake 1.4-p5 is not new enough

2003-07-30 Thread Robert Millan
ipt should be fixed, it currently says automake1.4-p5 and later are supported: # helps bootstrapping libtool, when checked out from CVS # requires at least GNU autoconf 2.50 and GNU automake1.4-p5 -- Robert Millan "[..] but the delight and pride of Aule is in the deed of making, and in the

Re: libtool pre-1.5b tests fail on 9 debian arches

2003-09-27 Thread Robert Millan
On Sat, Sep 27, 2003 at 04:30:15AM +0100, Scott James Remnant wrote: > On Sat, 2003-09-27 at 06:06, Robert Millan wrote: > > It's not the Debian libtool package which is (generaly) used by upstream > > maintainers to update their libtools. My concern is with upstream package

Re: libtool pre-1.5b tests fail on 9 debian arches

2003-09-27 Thread Robert Millan
se now. (it's just the same I've been doing for Bochs) > I sent an e-mail over a month ago to open a discussion about this > problem, and it went unanswered. Let's reopen it. -- Robert Millan "[..] but the delight and pride of Aule is in the deed of making, and in the thi

Re: libtool pre-1.5b tests fail on 9 debian arches

2003-09-28 Thread Robert Millan
statements: > > [...] When I suggested to reopen it, I thought you were referring to the patch submission issue, not the GFDL stuff. GNU libtool is copyrighted by the FSF and only the FSF may license it under additional terms. It's not something you should discuss with libtool's maintainers

Re: libtool pre-1.5b tests fail on 9 debian arches

2003-09-28 Thread Robert Millan
> changes to libtool by emailing "[EMAIL PROTECTED]". > > Very good idea. However, always keep in mind that if someone sends a > patch to a person with signed paperwork, then the recipient is not > the author of the patch and the situation has not significantly > impro

CVS head requires am-1.8 and ac-2.58

2003-09-28 Thread Robert Millan
ide a pre-release tarball with that doesn't require unreleased autotools versions? That'd help much my current testing efforts. -- Robert Millan "[..] but the delight and pride of Aule is in the deed of making, and in the thing made, and neither in possession nor in his own maste

libtool pre-1.5b tests fail on 9 debian arches

2003-09-29 Thread Robert Millan
libtool release is broken for a particular arch, then all packages that get their libtool updated in upstream will start to fail for that arch, and need individual patching. This is what recently happened to the mips port. -- Robert Millan "[..] but the delight and pride of Aule is i

Re: libtool pre-1.5b tests fail on 9 debian arches

2003-09-29 Thread Robert Millan
;ve been nice if you could've done the same (or perhaps you're > working on that?) Actualy not. I don't have time to do that, nor experience with cpu porting thingies like endianess, alignment or such. -- Robert Millan "[..] but the delight and pride of Aule is in the deed of m

Re: libtool pre-1.5b tests fail on 9 debian arches

2003-10-07 Thread Robert Millan
inform me when the paperwork is done, Ok. I'll take care about the paperwork. Scott, will you go through this too? > You must also agree not to commit anything for which you do not have > knowledge of the author, and the author has exchanged paperwork with the > FSF, except for ver