#13557: Improve the autotools spkg
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Reporter: jdemeyer | Owner: tbd
Type: enhancement | Status: needs_review
Priority: major | Milestone: sage-5.6
Component: optional packages | Resolution:
Keywords: | Work issues:
Report Upstream: N/A | Reviewers:
Authors: Jeroen Demeyer | Merged in:
Dependencies: recommended: #12707 | Stopgaps:
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Changes (by jdemeyer):
* status: needs_work => needs_review
* milestone: sage-5.5 => sage-5.6
Old description:
> Instead of "brute force" building the `autotools` spkg, figure out the
> actual dependencies. Also add Texinfo. All this makes the spkg a lot more
> portable.
>
> I believe this makes the package mature enough to be upgraded from
> "experimental" to "optional".
>
> '''spkg''':
> [http://boxen.math.washington.edu/home/jdemeyer/spkg/autotools-20120930.spkg]
>
> === autotools-20120930 (Jeroen Demeyer, 3 October 2012) ===
> * Add proper dependency checking instead of bruce-force building.
> * Add texinfo package
> * Make the package portable
New description:
Instead of "brute force" building the `autotools` spkg, figure out the
actual dependencies. Also add Texinfo. All this makes the spkg a lot more
portable.
I believe this makes the package mature enough to be upgraded from
"experimental" to "optional".
'''spkg''':
[http://boxen.math.washington.edu/home/jdemeyer/spkg/autotools-20121217.spkg]
=== autotools-20121217 (Jeroen Demeyer, 17 December 2012) ===
* Add proper dependency checking instead of bruce-force building.
* Add texinfo package
* Make the package portable
* Add patch m4-no-gets.patch for m4
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