Randy McMurchy wrote:
My feeling is that whole patch (and version increment to the package) is nothing but a bunch of fluff.
No, please install the autotools-dev Debian package and read the /usr/share/doc/autotools-dev/README.Debian.gz file. If you don't have a Debian system around, this file is attached.
In short, this is needed by non-x86 architectures, but BLFS currently doesn't care about them and therefore differences in autostuff are irrelevant for BLFS.
-- Alexander E. Patrakov
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [foobar package] GNU config issues with your program Bar, I have recently updated the config.sub and config.guess (aka GNU config) files in the Debian packaging of foobar. The ones you include are too old, and cause build failures in many architetures. Unfortunately, by design, these two files must be kept up-to-date. In Debian we have a maintainer and a package tracking the GNU config CVS, as well as some automated scripts to update packages from master copies; However, since most people are not aware of the problem with old GNU config files, I thought I should notify you of the issue, just in case. Up-to-date GNU config files are available through anonymous CVS ssh access. Instructions on how to use such a beast are available at: http://savannah.gnu.org/cvs/?group=config Your downstream Debian maintainer, foo -- Witty anti-Microsoft sign goes here
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