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From: Mike Frysinger <vapier@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] autotools.eclass eautomake update
Date: Mon, 24 May 2010 22:17:18
Message-Id: AANLkTil6GGTV8tZ4QKydZIxughPNZVGy16cTXJMqQauH@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] autotools.eclass eautomake update by "Petteri Räty"
1 On Mon, May 24, 2010 at 5:53 PM, Petteri Räty wrote:
2 > On 24.5.2010 23.51, Mike Frysinger wrote:
3 >> On Mon, May 24, 2010 at 4:44 AM, Petteri Räty wrote:
4 >>> On 24.5.2010 1.54, Mike Frysinger wrote:
5 >>>> ive updated eautomake to run automake in a few more edge cases.  hopefully
6 >>>> this doesnt break anything else (seems to not on my system), but who knows.
7 >>>>
8 >>>> if you see random eautoreconf/eautomake failure, try backing out the
9 >>>> autotools.eclass change first.
10 >>>
11 >>> I think any autotools.eclass behavior changes would benefit from being
12 >>> sent to gentoo-dev for review first.
13 >>
14 >> if i felt most people had an understanding of how autotools worked let
15 >> alone how autotools.eclass, then perhaps i would
16 >
17 > And what do you loose by sending them here? The devmanual text strictly
18 > doesn't enforce it but strongly encourages: "Before updating eutils or a
19 > similar widely used eclass, it is best to email the gentoo-dev list."
20
21 so prove me wrong and post some useful feedback on the change. i'm
22 simply being realistic.
23 sources.gentoo.org/eclass/autotools.eclass?r1=1.97&r2=1.98
24 -mike

Replies

Subject Author
Re: [gentoo-dev] autotools.eclass eautomake update "Rémi Cardona" <remi@g.o>
Re: [gentoo-dev] autotools.eclass eautomake update Peter Volkov <pva@g.o>
Re: [gentoo-dev] autotools.eclass eautomake update "Petteri Räty" <betelgeuse@g.o>