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Date: | Sat, 15 Aug 2009 15:46:28 +0100 |
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Subject: | Re: gcc-tools versions of autotools [Fwd: Moving to Autoconf 2.64, Automake 1.11] |
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Charles Wilson wrote: > /not/ update them at all; > 1) The current and soon-to-be-released gcc's, based on gcc-3.4.5 and > gcc-4.3.x, both still require autoconf-2.59 and automake-1.9.6 Good reasoning. > So, as soon as I spin the "regular" cygwin autoconf-2.64 package, then > our "standard" auto* installations will satisfy gcc's needs; all you'd > need to do is /stop/ setting PATH to prepend /opt/gcc-tools/bin. Yeh, this makes sense. Leave the old version there, for when it's needed. > ...until automake-1.11.1 or autoconf-2.65 is released. Then we get to > worry about it more. I've a few ideas about that, but for later...unless > you want to handle the transition /now/ for gcc-tools-*. Nah, can't see any reason. Maybe by the time that happens we'll be able to drop the 2.59 version and go back to using /opt/gcc-tools again. > Side question: has anybody checked to see if src/winsup can handle > autoconf-2.64 and automake-1.11? Nope, not me. Yet. cheers, DaveK -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
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