mingw autoconf2.5
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Current version of the autoconf automatic configure script builder. It is
packaged to work alongside the "autoconf2.1" and "autoconf" packages (the
latter component is an intelligent wrapper system developed by the Gentoo
distribution; see its RELEASE NOTES for further information). This release
is configured to operate as part of a toolchain for developing mingw libraries
and applications (that is, native win32 binaries, as opposed to msys-dependent
ones). Note that "autoconf-2.68" is considered part of the autoconf-2.5x
release sequence.
Proper operation of this autoconf2.5 distribution requires a working MSYS
installation, as well as certain other elements available from the MinGW team
(http://www.mingw.org/) as listed below. However, this autoconf2.5
distribution was configured as part of the "mingw32" subsystem, and should be
installed into the /mingw directory (which is usually, but not always,
C:\MinGW). Thus, autoconf2.5 is a hybrid: it is configured for the "mingw32"
subsystem, but unlike most mingw32 elements, requires MSYS. This rather odd
situation is necessary for a number of reasons (see the References section
below).
Runtime requirements
msys-core-bin 1.0.17-1
msys-coreutils-bin 5.97-3
msys-bash-bin 3.1.17-4
msys-sed-bin 4.2.1-2
msys-file-bin 5.0.4-1
msys-m4-bin 1.4.14-1
msys-texinfo-bin 4.13a-2
msys-perl-bin 5.8.8-1
msys-libcrypt-dll-0 1.1_1-3
msys-libgdbm-dll-3 1.8.3-3
msys-zlib-dll 1.2.3-2
msys-libintl-dll-8 0.17-2
msys-libiconv-dll-2 1.13.1-2
msys-grep-bin 2.5.4-2
Build requirements (these, or newer)
Same as above, plus
msys-patch-bin 2.6.1-1
msys-bzip2-bin 1.0.5-2
msys-xz-bin 4.999.9beta_20100401-1
msys-tar-bin 1.23-1
msys-make-bin 3.81-3
msys-wget-bin 1.12-1
mingw32-mgwport-bin 0.10.5-1
Canonical homepage:
http://www.gnu.org/software/autoconf/
Canonical download:
ftp://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/autoconf/
License:
GPL
Language:
perl, m4
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Build instructions:
unpack autoconf2.5-2.68-1-mingw32-src.tar.lzma
mgwport autoconf2.5-2.68-1.mgwport all
This will create:
autoconf2.5-2.68-1-mingw32-src.tar.lzma
autoconf2.5-2.68-1-mingw32-bin.tar.lzza
autoconf2.5-2.68-1-mingw32-lic.tar.lzma
autoconf2.5-2.68-1-mingw32-doc.tar.lzma
See `mgwport --help' for other options.
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Test suite results
This section of this document is updated with each new release.
No history is maintained here.
444 tests behaved as expected.
42 tests were skipped.
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References:
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
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Port Notes:
---------- autoconf2.5-2.68-1 -- 2011 Sep 04 -----------
* Update to latest upstream release
* Switch to using mgwport build framework
---------- autoconf2.5-2.67-1 -- 2010 Sep 04 -----------
* Update to latest upstream release
---------- autoconf2.5-2.64-1 -- 2009 Oct 28 -----------
* Update to latest upstream release
---------- autoconf2.5-2.63-1 -- 2009 Jul 23 -----------
* First release of autoconf2.5 under the new packaging standard.
