#15123: autotools package
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Reporter: felixs | Owner:
Type: enhancement | Status: needs_review
Priority: major | Milestone: sage-6.1
Component: packages: | Resolution:
optional | Merged in:
Keywords: autotools package | Reviewers:
git | Work issues:
Authors: Felix Salfelder, | Commit:
Jeroen Demeyer | f658dd9064212be726441b3356710b51f6c7b44b
Report Upstream: N/A | Stopgaps:
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u/jdemeyer/ticket/15123 |
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Comment (by felixs):
Replying to [comment:18 jdemeyer]:
> Replying to [comment:17 felixs]:
> > autotools is worthless without executables named $program-$version.
> That's far from true, I have used this package many times. Perhaps the
exacutables you mention are indeed needed for `automake` rules, but
"worthless" is certainly not the right word.
recreating Makefiles is done via `automake` rules. worthless is a bit
underrating, but it shouldn't require sage-autotools-environment-variable-
expert-knowledge to get something simple done.
> I'm certainly not going to add your exact patch as it has some comments
which sound offending (I assume the comment {{{next time RTFM}}} in
`autofoo` is addressed at me). If you want to add comments, better make
them say something useful such that people can understand the purpose of
the code.
it took me two days to figure out and fix the autotools package, just for
the sake of testing my demo on boxen. i was pretty pissed about the time
wasted.
> More to the point: I think those version numbers are surely also needed
for `aclocal` (and perhaps only for `automake` and `aclocal`?) and it
seems your patch doesn't add those.
yes. it would be better to rewrite the autotools package. i almost had
when i found the spkg :|
> TL;DR: stop offending people, stop thinking your opinion is the One and
Only Truth. Then people will be more willing to work with your patches.
my apologies about the offense. maybe i should have removed the comment
timely. apparently i didn't. i hope you still enjoy reading fine manuals
:)
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