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Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] autotools.eclass eautomake update
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On Mon, May 24, 2010 at 5:53 PM, Petteri R=E4ty wrote:
> On 24.5.2010 23.51, Mike Frysinger wrote:
>> On Mon, May 24, 2010 at 4:44 AM, Petteri R=E4ty wrote:
>>> On 24.5.2010 1.54, Mike Frysinger wrote:
>>>> ive updated eautomake to run automake in a few more edge cases. =A0hop=
efully
>>>> this doesnt break anything else (seems to not on my system), but who k=
nows.
>>>>
>>>> if you see random eautoreconf/eautomake failure, try backing out the
>>>> autotools.eclass change first.
>>>
>>> I think any autotools.eclass behavior changes would benefit from being
>>> sent to gentoo-dev for review first.
>>
>> if i felt most people had an understanding of how autotools worked let
>> alone how autotools.eclass, then perhaps i would
>
> And what do you loose by sending them here? The devmanual text strictly
> doesn't enforce it but strongly encourages: "Before updating eutils or a
> similar widely used eclass, it is best to email the gentoo-dev list."

so prove me wrong and post some useful feedback on the change.  i'm
simply being realistic.
sources.gentoo.org/eclass/autotools.eclass?r1=3D1.97&r2=3D1.98
-mike