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From: Alon Bar-Lev <alonbl@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] autotools eclass - set default for WANT_AUTO*
Date: Sat, 06 Jan 2007 15:01:50
Message-Id: 9e0cf0bf0701060657v4e42f680g39aaeefd7eb7b9c6@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] autotools eclass - set default for WANT_AUTO* by "Kevin F. Quinn"
1 On 1/6/07, Kevin F. Quinn <kevquinn@g.o> wrote:
2 > Not sure. Would we run the risk that working ebuilds would start to
3 > fail when newer autotools versions arrive?
4
5 So what do you suggest of putting? Current revision?
6 And we can drop the "latest" support... right?
7 But then we should handle old ebuilds that use old auto*.
8 I think a specific version should be specified only if something
9 breaks with latest,
10 thus it should be the default.
11
12 Best Regards,
13 Alon Bar-Lev.
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[gentoo-dev] Re: autotools eclass - set default for WANT_AUTO* Steve Long <slong@××××××××××××××××××.uk>