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Apparently, though unproven, at 12:33 on Tuesday 05 October 2010, dhk did |
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opine thusly: |
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> On 10/05/2010 05:28 AM, Alan McKinnon wrote: |
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> > Apparently, though unproven, at 10:25 on Tuesday 05 October 2010, dhk did |
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> > |
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> > opine thusly: |
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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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> >> |
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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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> >> |
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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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> >> |
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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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> >> |
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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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> >> |
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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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> > |
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> > The text applies to autotoolset and the reason it is being removed. It is |
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> > autotoolset that is not being kept around anymore. |
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> > |
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> > It's actually quite obvious once you calm down, get over your fright, and |
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> > read the message. |
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> > |
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> > You do not need autotoolset to build projects. You need autotools which |
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> > is not the same thing. |
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> > |
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> >> Even though I have autotoolset installed, search shows it as being |
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> >> masked. |
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> >> |
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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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> >> |
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> >> * dev-util/autotoolset [ Masked ] |
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> >> |
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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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> >> |
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> >> development with autotools |
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> >> |
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> >> License: GPL-2 |
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> >> |
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> >> What to do now? |
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> > |
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> > Why are you worried? You use autotools not autotoolset. Let the thing be |
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> > removed, After 6 years of no updates you shouldn't be using it anyway. |
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> So are you saying if I remove autotoolset that I'll still have autoconf, |
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> automake, and the rest; and everything will work the same? I thought |
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> all the autotools were in autotoolset. I guess I don't know the |
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> difference between autotools and autotoolset and what they are made up of. |
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autotools != autotoolset |
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The description from eix that you yourself posted tells you as much. |
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Run "equery files autotoolset" and see what is in the package. Decide for |
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yourself if you want to keep it and if so move the ebuild to your local |
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overlay where you can maintain it for yourself. |
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alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com |