Re: [gentoo-user] Problems with aclocal

[Neil Bothwick]

On Thu, 2 May 2013 14:15:40 -0300, Andre Lucas Falco wrote:

> > export WANT_AUTOMAKE=1.12
> > emerge @everything-that-needs-emerging
> >
> > Don't forget to unset WANT_AUTOMAKE, or close the shell, when you're
> > done.

> It's possible to use the package.env, described here:
> http://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki//etc/portage/env.
>
> I use this for 2 packages (ghostscript-gpl and orbit), runs flawlessly.

You could, but then you need to remove the settings when automake or the
ebuilds are fixed. Since a fixed ebuild won't necessarily have a version
bump, you'd continue using the old version after you don't have to.


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Neil Bothwick

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