Mail Archives: cygwin-announce/2002/04/22/10:52:56
Version 2.53-1 of the autoconf-devel package, which has been
available as a test release for a month now with no complaints,
has now been marked 'current'. It contains GNU autoconf-2.53,
installed into /usr/autotool/devel.
GNU Autoconf-2.53 has some major internal changes, but remains
backward compatible with the GNU Autoconf-2.5x series. The largest
change is that the individual scripts now use the 'autom4te' engine
to do their dirty work (and it adds a new script: 'autom4te' which
allows direct access to that engine). This change should lead
to great speed improvements in autoconf.
Note that the autoconf-wrapper (the 'autoconf' package for cygwin)
has already been updated to accomodate the new 2.53 version of
GNU autoconf. However, that wrapper is ALSO backward compatible
with GNU autoconf-2.52. So, updating the cygwin 'autoconf' package
is OKAY even if you stick with the older cygwin 'autoconf-devel'
package, but you MUST update your cygwin 'autoconf' package if
you want to use THIS autoconf-devel 2.53 package.
--
Chuck Wilson
To update your installation, click on the "Install Cygwin now" link
on the http://cygwin.com/ web page. This downloads setup.exe to
your system. Save it and run setup, answer the questions and pick
up 'autoconf-devel' from the 'Devel' category.
Note that downloads from sources.redhat.com (aka cygwin.com) aren't
allowed due to bandwidth limitations. This means that you will need
to find a mirror which has this update.
In the US, ftp://mirrors.rcn.net/mirrors/sources.redhat.com/cygwin/
is a reliable high bandwidth connection.
In Japan, ftp://ftp.u-aizu.ac.jp/pub/gnu/gnu-win32/ is already
updated.
In DK, http://mirrors.sunsite.dk/cygwin/ is usually up-to-date.
If one of the above doesn't have the latest version of this package
you can either wait for the site to be updated or find another
mirror.
Please send questions or comments to the Cygwin mailing list at:
cygwin AT sources DOT redhat DOT com . If you want to subscribe go to:
http://cygwin.com/lists.html I would appreciate if you would use
this mailing list rather than emailing me directly. This includes
ideas and comments about the setup utility or Cygwin in general.
If you want to make a point or ask a question the Cygwin mailing
list is the appropriate place.
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