From: Andrew S. <an...@ne...> - 2001-09-26 13:27:38
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A note to developers and other general CVS followers who use the Debian testing pool ("woody") - not unstable ("sid") - autoconf 2.52 has entered woody as the package "autoconf". The older autoconf is still available as the "autoconf2.13" package. If you're the kind who blindly upgrades and is then surprised when things break, please bear in mind that the bulk of the E CVS tree was/is developed under autoconf 2.13 and may not behave as expected with the new 2.5 version. Tom and others have been fixing most things (everything?) but these things have a tendency to slip through cracks when people aren't looking. If you upgrade to autoconf 2.5 and something stops working, please post a polite report to the list rather than a complaint. This has been a community announcement. =) Andrew. -- Andrew Shugg <an...@ne...> http://www.neep.com.au/ "Just remember, Mr Fawlty, there's always someone worse off than yourself." "Is there? Well I'd like to meet him. I could do with a good laugh." |
From: Christian K. <kre...@in...> - 2001-09-26 13:43:29
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Andrew Shugg wrote: > > If you're the kind who blindly upgrades and is then surprised when > things break, please bear in mind that the bulk of the E CVS tree was/is > developed under autoconf 2.13 and may not behave as expected with the > new 2.5 version. > > Tom and others have been fixing most things (everything?) but these No, not everything. At least ewd and etox are missing iirc. Fixing it involves just the trivial "cp configure.in configure.ac; autoupdate configure.ac" routine. I'll commit them tonight if nobody does so before me. Btw whoever is responsible for etox right now, please fix the configure script to properly check for the existence of the various needed ...-config scripts. Thanks. > things have a tendency to slip through cracks when people aren't > looking. If you upgrade to autoconf 2.5 and something stops working, > please post a polite report to the list rather than a complaint. > > This has been a community announcement. =) :D -- Christian. ________________________________________________________________________ http://www.whoop.org |