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[Mingw-users] Update: msys-autoconf-2.65-1
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From: Charles W. <cwi...@us...> - 2010-05-11 02:23:39
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This is not the autoconf you are looking for. This is the current version of the autoconf automatic configure script builder, as modified specifically for use in the MSYS System Builder environment; that is, it is intended to be used only when producing binary packages for the MSYS subsystem. If you intend to produce executables for the native "mingw32" subsystem (that is, applications that should work on Microsoft Windows installations without the MSYS DLL), then you should use the following versions instead, which are generally installed into the /mingw (C:\MinGW) directory: autoconf2.5-*-mingw32-bin autoconf2.1-*-mingw32-bin autoconf-*-mingw32-bin (wrapper script) This msys-specific version of autoconf, and the related msys-specific versions of automake, libtool, and gettext, are NOT intended for use other than from within the MSYS System Builder environment. These packages are installed into /bin, but the /mingw/bin directory typically precedes that directory in the PATH -- and the "normal" versions of the autotools listed above should be installed into /mingw/bin, so they usually take precedence. Only in the MSYS System Builder environment would this version of autoconf be encountered. ---------- autoconf-2.65-1 -- 2010 Jan 30 ----------- * Update to latest release autoconf-2.65-1-msys.RELEASE_NOTES.txt autoconf-2.65-1-msys-1.0.13-bin.tar.lzma autoconf-2.65-1-msys-1.0.13-doc.tar.lzma autoconf-2.65-1-msys-1.0.13-lic.tar.lzma autoconf-2.65-1-msys-1.0.13-src.tar.lzma http://mingw.cvs.sourceforge.net/viewvc/mingw/mingw-dist/msys/msys-autoconf.xml?view=markup NOTE1: this msys-autoconf package is affiliated with the "MSYS System Builder" group, NOT the "MSYS Developer Toolkit" group. NOTE2: I also checked in an xml description of the "regular" autoconf packages (autoconf-*-mingw32-*, autoconf2.5-*-mingw32-*, and autoconf2.1-*-mingw32-*). However, updated those packages is not part of the current "rebuild all the msys-* packages" project, so the same versions from last October are still the most recent. This xml file is located here: http://mingw.cvs.sourceforge.net/viewvc/mingw/mingw-dist/mingw32/autoconf.xml?view=markup NOTE3: The "regular" autoconf xml package(s) are affiliated with the "MSYS Developer Toolkit" group, even though they have -mingw32- in their package name. For a discussion of the packaging standards used by the MinGW project for pre-built components -- especially as related to the autotools such as autoconf, automake, and libtool, see: here: http://www.mingw.org/PackageIdentificationHOWTO here: http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.gnu.mingw.devel/3330 and here: http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.gnu.mingw.devel/3305 If you're REALLY curious, the following threads are quite informative, if extremely long, and detail the discussion and reasoning behind the current packaging schema. Presented in reverse chronological order: "New Packages" 2009-06-21 22:38:19 GMT http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.gnu.mingw.devel/3297 "GCC 4.4.0: Naming conventions" 2009-04-18 06:35:28 GMT http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.gnu.mingw.devel/3225 "Standards for Building MinGW Release Packages" 2008-03-27 12:36:25 GMT http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.gnu.mingw.devel/2739 |