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From: "Diego 'Flameeyes' Pettenò" <flameeyes@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] autotools eclass - set default for WANT_AUTO*
Date: Sat, 06 Jan 2007 15:25:54
Message-Id: 200701061622.32676@enterprise.flameeyes.is-a-geek.org
In Reply to: [gentoo-dev] autotools eclass - set default for WANT_AUTO* by Alon Bar-Lev
1 On Saturday 06 January 2007 11:10, Alon Bar-Lev wrote:
2 > Is there any reason why not setting "latest" as default for WANT_AUTO*
3 > variables?
4 Because then stuff will "magically" work in stable, and break in ~arch, and
5 you won't know why it's happening.
6
7 Instead if you follow the procedure (set the variables) you know that you
8 asked for latest version, and you'll be able to check what the problem is.
9
10 Yes, I expect automake 1.11 to break even more, as they are coming around.
11
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Re: [gentoo-dev] autotools eclass - set default for WANT_AUTO* Mike Frysinger <vapier@g.o>