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Date: Mon, 20 May 2002 16:32:20 -0400
From: Charles Wilson <cwilson AT ece DOT gatech DOT edu>
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To: Charles Wilson <cwilson AT ece DOT gatech DOT edu>
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Subject: Re: cvs-1.11.2 test release
References: <3CE83154 DOT 3030202 AT ece DOT gatech DOT edu>

Bump to 1.11.2-2.  I've fixed the autconf hackery, so it works correctly 
now.  Thanks to Akim Demaille from the autoconf list for pointers...

All of the original warnings, provisos, etc apply to this "release". 
Refer to the first message in this thread for more info.

--Chuck

FIXED:

 >  (6) Wackiness with autoconf.  Although my configure.in and acinclude.m4
 >      seem to be bug free themselves, autoconf is generating buggy
 >      configures.  (I mean, it totally loses track of what it's doing,
 >      and puts in comments without '#' marks, drops 'help' text in the
 >      middle of the running script, etc.)  This is bad, and I'll report
 >      it to the autoconf list.  However, I have a "patch" of sorts
 >      that I can use to fix the errors after running autoconf --
 >      it's CYGWIN-PATCHES/post-autoconf-patch.  This should not be
 >      of any use to anyone, unless you start hacking the auto* files.
 >
 >      You may not be able to actually APPLY the patch, but it shows
 >      you what errors happen, and approximately where to find them.
 >      (The human brain 'fuzzy patch' function is much better -- if
 >      slower -- than patch.exe's.)
 >
 >      However, WATCH OUT for the auto-rebuild of the configuration
 >      files when you run 'make'.  Make sure you run autoheader and
 >      automake AFTER running autoconf and fixing up configure.




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