On Feb 16 19:04, Garrett Cooper wrote: > On Mon, Feb 16, 2009 at 6:46 AM, Subrata Modak > > in LTP to automatically install the pre-requisite patches when user > > wants to use autotools. 'make prep' will fetch the sources of > > 1) m4, > > 2) autoconf, > > 3) automake, > > > > build & install them in the user system. ltp/INSTALL and ltp/Makefile > > has been updated with such information. > > Uh... why not just add a check for these items and print out an error > if things don't already exist? I mean, distribution methods will vary > per Linux distro, and as such building them and installing them on the > system might not be such a great idea.
I agree, this isn't a good idea. Also, isn't the point of autotools that the maintainer generates the scripts before releasing so the users don't have to generate them. Then they're supposed to be able to run on any system without autotools installed. Nate ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Open Source Business Conference (OSBC), March 24-25, 2009, San Francisco, CA -OSBC tackles the biggest issue in open source: Open Sourcing the Enterprise -Strategies to boost innovation and cut costs with open source participation -Receive a $600 discount off the registration fee with the source code: SFAD http://p.sf.net/sfu/XcvMzF8H _______________________________________________ Ltp-list mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ltp-list
