From:	"Tim Van Holder" <tim DOT van DOT holder AT pandora DOT be>
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Subject:	RE: ANNOUNCE: autoconf 2.50 (update #2) + m4 update
Date:	Sat, 26 May 2001 22:56:44 +0200
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> > * autoconf (sources):
> >   Updated the readme file to mention the fact that your
> >   SHELL environment variable needs to be set to the full
> >   path to bash (i.e. /dev/env/DJDIR/bin/bash.exe, not
> >   /bin/bash).
> 
> Wouldn't it be better if Autoconf would push the appropriate value of
> SHELL into the environment automatically?  You can tell users they
> need to install Bash, but why force them to modify the environment?

Well, maybe.  I already do for the configure script (SHELL gets set in
config.site) so I guess I can do it for autoconf itself as well.

> >   Removed the .info files to decrease the package size
> >   somewhat.
> 
> I don't think this is a good idea: now people who want to rebuild the
> package will need Texinfo to be installed.

Hmmm - true.

Guess I'll have to prepare yet another set of packages :-)
This time I'm going to wait a few days in case other problems are
found.

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