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From: James Harlow <james@××××××××××××××.nu>
To: Marco Maggesi <maggesi@××××××××××.fr>
Cc: gentoo-dev@g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: My first ebuild: GNU Hello
Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2003 18:58:38
Message-Id: 20031119185807.GD17770@james.is.never.wrong.nu
In Reply to: [gentoo-dev] Re: My first ebuild: GNU Hello by Marco Maggesi
1 On Wed, Nov 19, 2003 at 06:39:18PM +0000, Marco Maggesi wrote:
2 > > I'd suggest adding autoconf and automake to the DEPENDS.
3 >
4 > I added autoconf, automake as you suggested. But I do not understand
5 > exactly why this is necessary. They should not be needed to build
6 > from
7 > the tarball. Can you explain more?
8
9 Ah, I thought it needed auto{conf,make}, it turns out it's just a
10 good template for them.
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Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: My first ebuild: GNU Hello Matthew Kennedy <mkennedy@g.o>