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Re: [RFC] Update to current automake/autoconf/libtool versions.
- From: "Maciej W. Rozycki" <macro at ds2 dot pg dot gda dot pl>
- To: Doug Evans <dje at transmeta dot com>
- Cc: Klee Dienes <klee at apple dot com>, Daniel Jacobowitz <drow at mvista dot com>, DJ Delorie <dj at delorie dot com>, ac131313 at redhat dot com, binutils at sources dot redhat dot com, gdb-patches at sources dot redhat dot com
- Date: Fri, 6 Dec 2002 14:24:57 +0100 (MET)
- Subject: Re: [RFC] Update to current automake/autoconf/libtool versions.
- Organization: Technical University of Gdansk
On Thu, 5 Dec 2002, Doug Evans wrote:
> > 1) Specify the versions of autoconf/automake/libtool/gettext by
> > reference to official tarballs from ftp.gnu.org.
>
> This places a requirement on the maintainers of ftp.gnu.org
> to not delete said tarballs until binutils has been updated.
> I dont' think you or they want that kind of coupling.
Historically this is not a problem. The maintainers of ftp.gnu.org are
not that hasty in deleting old stuff (which is the right way). There are
old releases of autoconf back to 2.7, automake back to 1.0, gettext 0.10
and libtool 1.0. The worst that happens is moving stuff from /gnu to
/old-gnu.
> Better to uncouple things and have your own tarballs.
> Then you can upgrade according to your schedule, not theirs.
Of course archiving copies separately is not a problem, either. Then you
can write: "Get copies from ftp.gnu.org, or use versions archived here."
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