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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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> opine thusly: |
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> |
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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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>> 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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>> After the output of "emerge -uDNp world" this morning the following |
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>> message is displayed. |
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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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>> 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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>> 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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> It's actually quite obvious once you calm down, get over your fright, and read |
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> the message. |
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> You do not need autotoolset to build projects. You need autotools which is not |
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> the same thing. |
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>> Even though I have autotoolset installed, search shows it as being masked. |
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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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>> 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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>> development with autotools |
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>> License: GPL-2 |
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>> |
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>> |
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>> What to do now? |
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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. |