Auto*foo* packages are worth installing as a matter of course if you are going to be building packages from source ...more and more projects are moving to autofoo , saves hassles in the long run .(note nothing in this post mentioning wether autofoo is "better" (tm) ;-) )
Dale. On Thu, 20 May 2004 15:11, Michael JasonSmith wrote: > On Thu, 2004-05-20 at 14:58, Derek Smithies wrote: > > My reasoning was that if the above tools are not required, why check for > > their presence/absence ? > > > > However, Michael has asserted they are not required, so fine. Not > > required. > > Cheeky thingâ questioning me. Often configure checks for things whether > they are needed or not. You may be installing a program that does > require the auto-tools, but this is unlikely.
