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Re: [RFC] getting rid of the config.guess/sub problem when bootstrapping
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Mike Frysinger |
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Re: [RFC] getting rid of the config.guess/sub problem when bootstrapping new ports/systems |
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Wed, 22 May 2013 12:13:01 -0400 |
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On Tuesday 21 May 2013 09:57:32 Jan Engelhardt wrote:
> On Tuesday 2013-05-21 07:33, Pavel Raiskup wrote:
> >> Works for me. But we [distros] do want to mandate autoreconf anyway in
> >> the general case: it is the *only* way to keep upstream honest about
> >> the much hated build system not bitrotting until it decides to blow up
> >> right when we need it for a security update.
> >
> >I know. But there is a lot of tarballs not able to be easily
> >autoreconf-ed (more than 10 years old) and not having upstream.. and it
> >needs a lot of changes downstream before autoreconf successes.. (and you
> >need to have a quite good knowledge about auto-toolset).
>
> If upstream is dead, the distros should perhaps reevaluate whether to
> drop the package or de facto become upstream by a process of adoption.
that's might sound great, but really doesn't line up with reality. distros
are chronically understaffed and becoming defacto upstreams for every random
package that goes dormant/dead and can't survive an `autoreconf` isn't viable.
-mike
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- Re: [RFC] getting rid of the config.guess/sub problem when bootstrapping new ports/systems, (continued)
- Re: [RFC] getting rid of the config.guess/sub problem when bootstrapping new ports/systems, Henrique de Moraes Holschuh, 2013/05/20
- Re: [RFC] getting rid of the config.guess/sub problem when bootstrapping new ports/systems, Pavel Raiskup, 2013/05/21
- Re: [RFC] getting rid of the config.guess/sub problem when bootstrapping new ports/systems, Jan Engelhardt, 2013/05/21
- Re: [RFC] getting rid of the config.guess/sub problem when bootstrapping new ports/systems, Pavel Raiskup, 2013/05/21
- Re: [RFC] getting rid of the config.guess/sub problem when bootstrapping new ports/systems, Ben Elliston, 2013/05/21
- Re: [RFC] getting rid of the config.guess/sub problem when bootstrapping new ports/systems, Earnie Boyd, 2013/05/21
- Re: [RFC] getting rid of the config.guess/sub problem when bootstrapping new ports/systems, Pavel Raiskup, 2013/05/22
- Re: [RFC] getting rid of the config.guess/sub problem when bootstrapping new ports/systems,
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