Subject: Re: autoconf-devel vs autoconf-2.13
To: None <tech-pkg@netbsd.org>
From: Aaron J. Grier <agrier@poofygoof.com>
List: tech-pkg
Date: 03/08/2002 11:58:27
On Fri, Mar 08, 2002 at 08:04:00AM +0000, Nick Hudson wrote:
> On Friday 08 March 2002 5:24 am, James Chacon wrote:
> > So...I need to patch configure.in in wm/icewm.
> > 
> > This requires autoconf 2.50 or greater which autoconf-devel 
> > provides...Except that -devel conflicts with autoconf 2.13
> >
> > Checking the Makefile I see only snmp and snns really care right now:
> > 
> > net/ucd-snmp/Makefile:BUILD_DEPENDS+=   autoconf-2.13:../../devel/autoconf
> > math/snns/Makefile:BUILD_DEPENDS+=      autoconf-2.13:../../devel/autoconf
> 
> There are others that are not quite so obvious.

automake depends on autoconf.  ;)

shouldn't these lines look more along the lines of

BUILD_DEPENDS+=   autoconf{,-devel}>=2.13:../../devel/autoconf

are there cases where 2.52 can't take the place of 2.13?

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