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On 10/05/2010 10:01 AM, BRM wrote: |
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> ----- Original Message ---- |
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>> From: Alan McKinnon <alan.mckinnon@×××××.com> |
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>> To: gentoo-user@l.g.o |
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>> Cc: dhk <dhkuhl@×××××××××.net> |
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>> Sent: Tue, October 5, 2010 7:34:02 AM |
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>> Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] dev-util/autotoolset |
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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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>>>> The text applies to autotoolset and the reason it is being removed. It |
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> 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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>>> |
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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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> Reading over the website it seems almost as if it is a fork of GNU autotools. |
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> http://autotoolset.sourceforge.net/ |
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> But to the original question - if they do not remain installed then you can |
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> always install them individually as well. |
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> Ben |
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I thought all the auto tools were in the autotoolset, that's not the |
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case. It looks like the only tool I use in autotoolset is acmkdir. If |
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I remove autotoolset, how can I get acmkdir back? Even though it's not |
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necessary, it's a nice tool for starting a project. |
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Thanks, |
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dhk |
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