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What should I do about dev-util/autotoolset? I use it every day for a |
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project, but today it looks like I'm being told to remove it. What is |
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the alternative? |
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In my package.keywords file I have "dev-util/autotoolset ~amd64" |
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unmasked since I use autotools for a project. |
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After the output of "emerge -uDNp world" this morning the following |
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message is displayed. |
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!!! The following installed packages are masked: |
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- dev-util/autotoolset-0.11.4-r1 (masked by: package.mask) |
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/usr/portage/profiles/package.mask: |
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# Diego E. Pettenò <flameeyes@g.o> (04 Oct 2010) |
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# on behalf of QA team |
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# |
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# Ironically, it is misusing autotools (bug #255831). It was |
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# added in 2004 and never version bumped since; autotools |
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# have since evolved a fair amount, while this is based |
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# still on automake 1.6. Avoid keeping it around. |
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# |
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# Removal on 2010-12-03 |
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For more information, see the MASKED PACKAGES section in the emerge |
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man page or refer to the Gentoo Handbook. |
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As stated above, what should I "Avoid keeping it around?" Is it |
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autotoolset, automake 1.6, ...? Also, what's getting removed on |
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2010-12-03? If autotoolset is removed, what should be used to build |
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projects? |
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Even though I have autotoolset installed, search shows it as being masked. |
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# emerge --search autotoolset |
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Searching... |
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[ Results for search key : autotoolset ] |
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[ Applications found : 1 ] |
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* dev-util/autotoolset [ Masked ] |
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Latest version available: 0.11.4-r1 |
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Latest version installed: 0.11.4-r1 |
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Size of files: 1,133 kB |
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Homepage: http://autotoolset.sourceforge.net/ |
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Description: colection of small tools to simplify project |
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development with autotools |
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License: GPL-2 |
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What to do now? |
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Thanks, |
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dhk |
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