Re: [GOLDSTAR] Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: autoconf-15-1, autoconf2.7-2.71-1
> On 12/5/2021 3:50 AM, Achim Gratz wrote: > > > > Autoconf has been updated to the latest upstream release 2.71, see the > > packaging notes below. Additionally the automake wrapper has been > > updated to the latest upstream version 15 (with some modifications for > > Cygwin). > > Great work, thanks for doing this. I second Corinna's gold star > recommendation. > > Ken Awarded! https://cygwin.com/goldstars/#AG -- Problem reports: https://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: https://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation:https://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: https://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: autoconf-15-1, autoconf2.7-2.71-1
On 2021-12-07 13:16, Ken Brown wrote: [Redirected from the cygwin list, https://cygwin.com/pipermail/cygwin/2021-December/250149.html] On 12/7/2021 3:08 PM, Ken Brown wrote: On 12/5/2021 3:50 AM, Achim Gratz wrote: Autoconf upstream has stated that the 2.7x releases are not fully backwards compatible. Cygwin therefore chose to provide a new autoconf2.7 package (keeping autoconf2.5 available) and modifying the wrapper script to allow packaging systems to set WANT_AUTOCONF=2.7 to select a newer autoconf version. The default (when no explicit WANT_AUTOCONF is set) is still "2.5", which selects autoconf version 2.69 on Cygwin. As you explained on IRC earlier today, what you meant is that the default for packages built via cygport is still 2.5. The default will change to "2.7" after some period of testing. Cygwin package maintainers are encouraged to set WANT_AUTOCONF=2.7 in their cygport configuration or in individual cygport files in order to check for regressions. I wonder if it would be better to make the default 2.7 in order to more strongly encourage maintainers to try the latter. They can always set WANT_AUTOCONF=2.5 if they can't make it work. But I would bet that most difficulties that arise have already been found and fixed by Fedora. Does Fedora build Windows exes? Do most packages use libtool? Remember gnulib? ;^> -- Take care. Thanks, Brian Inglis, Calgary, Alberta, Canada This email may be disturbing to some readers as it contains too much technical detail. Reader discretion is advised. [Data in binary units and prefixes, physical quantities in SI.]
Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: autoconf-15-1, autoconf2.7-2.71-1
[Redirected from the cygwin list, https://cygwin.com/pipermail/cygwin/2021-December/250149.html] On 12/7/2021 3:08 PM, Ken Brown wrote: On 12/5/2021 3:50 AM, Achim Gratz wrote: Autoconf upstream has stated that the 2.7x releases are not fully backwards compatible. Cygwin therefore chose to provide a new autoconf2.7 package (keeping autoconf2.5 available) and modifying the wrapper script to allow packaging systems to set WANT_AUTOCONF=2.7 to select a newer autoconf version. The default (when no explicit WANT_AUTOCONF is set) is still "2.5", which selects autoconf version 2.69 on Cygwin. As you explained on IRC earlier today, what you meant is that the default for packages built via cygport is still 2.5. The default will change to "2.7" after some period of testing. Cygwin package maintainers are encouraged to set WANT_AUTOCONF=2.7 in their cygport configuration or in individual cygport files in order to check for regressions. I wonder if it would be better to make the default 2.7 in order to more strongly encourage maintainers to try the latter. They can always set WANT_AUTOCONF=2.5 if they can't make it work. But I would bet that most difficulties that arise have already been found and fixed by Fedora. Ken
Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: autoconf-15-1, autoconf2.7-2.71-1
On 12/5/2021 3:50 AM, Achim Gratz wrote: Autoconf upstream has stated that the 2.7x releases are not fully backwards compatible. Cygwin therefore chose to provide a new autoconf2.7 package (keeping autoconf2.5 available) and modifying the wrapper script to allow packaging systems to set WANT_AUTOCONF=2.7 to select a newer autoconf version. The default (when no explicit WANT_AUTOCONF is set) is still "2.5", which selects autoconf version 2.69 on Cygwin. As you explained on IRC earlier today, what you meant is that the default for packages built via cygport is still 2.5. The default will change to "2.7" after some period of testing. Cygwin package maintainers are encouraged to set WANT_AUTOCONF=2.7 in their cygport configuration or in individual cygport files in order to check for regressions. I have a comment about this, but I'll follow up on cygwin-apps. Ken -- Problem reports: https://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: https://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation:https://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: https://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
[GOLDSTAR] Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: autoconf-15-1, autoconf2.7-2.71-1
On 12/5/2021 3:50 AM, Achim Gratz wrote: Autoconf has been updated to the latest upstream release 2.71, see the packaging notes below. Additionally the automake wrapper has been updated to the latest upstream version 15 (with some modifications for Cygwin). Great work, thanks for doing this. I second Corinna's gold star recommendation. Ken -- Problem reports: https://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: https://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation:https://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: https://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
[ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: autoconf-15-1, autoconf2.7-2.71-1
Autoconf has been updated to the latest upstream release 2.71, see the packaging notes below. Additionally the automake wrapper has been updated to the latest upstream version 15 (with some modifications for Cygwin). GNU Autoconf is an extensible package of m4 macros that produce shell scripts to automatically configure software source code packages. These scripts can adapt the packages to many kinds of UNIX-like systems without manual user intervention. Autoconf creates a configuration script for a package from a template file that lists the operating system features that the package can use, in the form of m4 macro calls. Multiple versions of Autoconf can be installed at the same time -- the autoconf wrapper choses among them. Cygwin Packaging Notes == Autoconf upstream has stated that the 2.7x releases are not fully backwards compatible. Cygwin therefore chose to provide a new autoconf2.7 package (keeping autoconf2.5 available) and modifying the wrapper script to allow packaging systems to set WANT_AUTOCONF=2.7 to select a newer autoconf version. The default (when no explicit WANT_AUTOCONF is set) is still "2.5", which selects autoconf version 2.69 on Cygwin. The default will change to "2.7" after some period of testing. Cygwin package maintainers are encouraged to set WANT_AUTOCONF=2.7 in their cygport configuration or in individual cygport files in order to check for regressions. -- *** CYGWIN-ANNOUNCE UNSUBSCRIBE INFO *** If you want to unsubscribe from the cygwin-announce mailing list, look at the "List-Unsubscribe: " tag in the email header of this message. Send email to the address specified there. It will be in the format: cygwin-announce-unsubscribe-you=yourdomain@cygwin.com If you need more information on unsubscribing, start reading here: http://sourceware.org/lists.html#unsubscribe-simple Please read *all* of the information on unsubscribing that is available starting at this URL. -- Problem reports: https://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: https://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation:https://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: https://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
