From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1EEnoL-0004sq-3l for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Mon, 12 Sep 2005 12:53:25 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.4/8.13.4) with SMTP id j8CClo07017105; Mon, 12 Sep 2005 12:47:50 GMT Received: from mail.t-systems.cz (mail.t-systems.cz [212.67.76.249]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id j8CCj5wJ025105 for ; Mon, 12 Sep 2005 12:45:05 GMT Received: from mefisto.t-systems.cz (faust.t-systems.cz [10.246.110.12]) by mail.t-systems.cz (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2363089A5C for ; Mon, 12 Sep 2005 14:49:23 +0200 (CEST) Received: from andre.t-systems.cz ([10.246.112.240]) by mefisto.t-systems.cz with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.211); Mon, 12 Sep 2005 14:49:23 +0200 Received: andre.t-systems.cz 10.246.112.240 from 10.246.112.176 10.246.112.176 via HTTP with MS-WebStorage 6.5.6944 Received: from frankies by andre.t-systems.cz; 12 Sep 2005 14:48:28 +0200 Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Why autoconf in system? From: Frank Schafer To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org In-Reply-To: <200509120841.12888.vapier@gentoo.org> References: <1126527993.5947.159.camel@localhost.localdomain> <200509120841.12888.vapier@gentoo.org> Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Mon, 12 Sep 2005 14:48:28 +0200 Message-Id: <1126529308.5947.178.camel@localhost.localdomain> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.2.1.1 X-OriginalArrivalTime: 12 Sep 2005 12:49:23.0027 (UTC) FILETIME=[665DEA30:01C5B798] X-T-Systems_Czech-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-T-Systems_Czech-MailScanner-SpamCheck: not spam (whitelisted), SpamAssassin (score=-5.863, required 5, autolearn=not spam, ALL_TRUSTED -3.30, AWL 0.04, BAYES_00 -2.60) X-MailScanner-From: frank.schafer@t-systems.cz X-Archives-Salt: 8089a3ad-2c14-4365-bd70-29f3a15e19af X-Archives-Hash: fda4b31b52497099abaaca560a091ab4 On Mon, 2005-09-12 at 08:41 -0400, Mike Frysinger wrote: > On Monday 12 September 2005 08:26 am, Frank Schafer wrote: > > we meet often the (faulty) notion that autoconf/automake (even a couple > > of versions on gentoo) is a dependency for packages. > > not quite sure what you mean by 'faulty', autoconf/automake is used heavily > throughout portage > > > I'd suggest to remove the build of autoconf/automake from ``emerge > > system''. I'd leave all of the autoconf/automake versions in portage > > tough for the case someone wants to involve in development of some > > package. > > it wouldnt matter, coreutils for example would still need it which means it > would show up in `emerge system` > -mike Hi, as I mentioned, I built LFS without this (and I have coreutils on it ;) Not at all - if we need to modify or create configure files during build as Paul and Martin said ... we need autoconf/automake Thanks for clarification. Frank -- gentoo-dev@gentoo.org mailing list