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From: "Petteri Räty" <betelgeuse@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] autotools.eclass eautomake update
Date: Tue, 25 May 2010 20:01:36
Message-Id: 4BFC2CBC.1090401@gentoo.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] autotools.eclass eautomake update by Mike Frysinger
1 On 05/25/2010 01:17 AM, Mike Frysinger wrote:
2 > On Mon, May 24, 2010 at 5:53 PM, Petteri Räty wrote:
3 >> On 24.5.2010 23.51, Mike Frysinger wrote:
4 >>> On Mon, May 24, 2010 at 4:44 AM, Petteri Räty wrote:
5 >>>> On 24.5.2010 1.54, Mike Frysinger wrote:
6 >>>>> ive updated eautomake to run automake in a few more edge cases. hopefully
7 >>>>> this doesnt break anything else (seems to not on my system), but who knows.
8 >>>>>
9 >>>>> if you see random eautoreconf/eautomake failure, try backing out the
10 >>>>> autotools.eclass change first.
11 >>>>
12 >>>> I think any autotools.eclass behavior changes would benefit from being
13 >>>> sent to gentoo-dev for review first.
14 >>>
15 >>> if i felt most people had an understanding of how autotools worked let
16 >>> alone how autotools.eclass, then perhaps i would
17 >>
18 >> And what do you loose by sending them here? The devmanual text strictly
19 >> doesn't enforce it but strongly encourages: "Before updating eutils or a
20 >> similar widely used eclass, it is best to email the gentoo-dev list."
21 >
22 > so prove me wrong and post some useful feedback on the change. i'm
23 > simply being realistic.
24 > sources.gentoo.org/eclass/autotools.eclass?r1=1.97&r2=1.98
25 > -mike
26 >
27
28 Even if people don't have useful feedback sending the diff enables them
29 to prepare for the upcoming changes and provide support to users if
30 something goes wrong.
31
32 Regards,
33 PEtteri

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