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Date: Tue, 16 Oct 2001 10:26:21 -0400
From: Charles Wilson <cwilson AT ece DOT gatech DOT edu>
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To: Corinna Vinschen <cygwin-apps AT cygwin DOT com>
Subject: Re: Autotools; new versions
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Corinna Vinschen wrote:

>>I'm not going to lie to you -- it IS extra work.  However, I hope that 
>>the extra work is *minimal* -- and to convince you that it is necessary.
>>
>>The "stable" branch:
>>   autoconf-2.13
>>   automake-1.4p5
>>I would assume that these will never need to be updated.  All current 
>>development by the GNU guys is on the 2.52/1.5 branches.
>>
>>the "devel" branch:
>>   autoconf-2.52
>>   automake-1.5
>>These are the versions you are already maintaining, and keeping current. 
>>  No *additional* work involved here.
>>
> 
> Just building with another --prefix, right?


Correct.  (BTW, all four versions passed 'make check' with flying 
colors).  My build script and a README are included in 
automake-1.5-2-src.tar.bz2.


> 
> BTW, I would prefer a common path for both packages inside of
> /usr to not mess up /usr unneccessarily:
> 
> 	/usr/autotool/stable
> 	/usr/autotool/devel
> 


That's easy enough to fix.  I'll try to get to fixing that, and the 
other bug I mentioned, tonight.  Then I'll upload new packages to my 
website.


>>and I'll be around.
>>
> 
> That's most important ;-)


--Chuck