On Fri, 6 Jun 2003 10:42:54 +0200 (CEST) "Stefan van der Eijk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >> Eventually we came to the following conclusion: > >> - removing "Provides: automake" from automake1.7 (my preference) was > >> not prefered; > > > In my not so humble opinion, no package should ever require automake > > without indicating the version. In current way "foobar: BuildRequires > > automake" is just asking for trouble. Packagers are freely asking > > other versions of automake to overwrite the stock files in tarball. (And > > the version is dependent on which machine the package is built -- say, > > automake1.7 in machine A, automake1.6 in B, automake1.4 in C) > > I would like automake-1.4 to be renamed to automake1.4. This would make > this possible. > Don't mess with this naming thing pls. automake && autoconf m4 aclocal checking in autogen.sh files to generate configure scripts can fsck a source package really bad. PLSPLS I urge not to change the naming . -- Thibaut Fernagut, Director of Security Burning Frog - I.T. Services To Set Your World On Fire Doornstraat 32, B-8970, Poperinge, Belgium Tel: +32 (0)57 332967 Fax: +32 (0)57 332967 Mobile: +32 (0)473 774334 Email : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web: http://www.burningfrog.be
