On 12/7/06, Alexander E. Patrakov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
This is a formal request to either integrate Tushar's hint on installing multiple versions of autotools into the LFS book, or move autotools to BLFS and integrate the hint there. The rationale is that the current LFS SVN versions of autotools are incompatible with enough BLFS and BBLFS packages. E.g., popt and GRUB fail to build from source if patches are applied that require rerunning autotools.
My views on the use of autotools in LFS is pretty clear, one just needs to read the introduction of the hint:) The book should include installation of multiple autotool versions. Additionally, it should be in BLFS where they can be represented with the proper dependency information when needed. For example: * popt -> Depends on autoconf-2.59 * autoconf-2.59 -> Depends on autoconf-wrapper-1.0 That way users only install it when some command in the book requires it or if they need a particular version for some development work outside the scope of the books. If somewhere down the line one of the LFS packages requires a particular version of autotools when building, it should be handled the way tcl/expect is handled in the book. Install only the required versions in /tools. -- Tushar Teredesai mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/~tushar/ -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/faq/ Unsubscribe: See the above information page
