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From: Jay <jay DOT krell AT cornell DOT edu>
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Subject: managing autoconf versions?
Date: Sat, 16 May 2009 06:00:30 +0000
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This is a little off topic.
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How do people manage autoconf/automake versions?
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In particular, I'm not doing "my own work" -- I could probably just install=
 one recent version of everything and be ok.
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Rather I'm wondering about submitting patches to other projects, some proje=
cts might use one set of versions, or another. Change configure.ac/Makefile=
.am or such and regenerate configure/Makefile.in or such, using a matching =
toolset version so that churn is only what is desired?
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Is the solution to install to various custom prefix and tailor $PATH based =
on context? Or does one "wrapper" sniff the input or output and decide amon=
g the versions installed in a standard place?
You know, like, input/or output could say # use autoconf 1.2.3
and then /usr/bin/autoconf could delegate to /usr/bin/autoconf-1.2.3
or such?
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Thanks,
- Jay

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