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Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: autoconf-2.53b-1
- From: Charles Wilson <cwilson at ece dot gatech dot edu>
- To: cygwin at cygwin dot com
- Date: Tue, 16 Jul 2002 11:55:40 -0400
- Subject: Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: autoconf-2.53b-1
- Newsgroups: gmane.os.cygwin
- References: <20020716154948.A525D1C359@redhat.com>
Charles Wilson wrote:
The autoconf package has been updated to version 2.53b-1. Recall that
this package is not the REAL autoconf. It's a set of wrapper scripts
that call the REAL autoconf from autoconf-stable or autoconf-devel,
depending on the needs of your target. See this message
http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2001-12/msg00100.html
Changes:
o Improve handling the '--help' option, so that the autoconf
tools may be called with '--help' from a directory where there
is no configure.[in|ac].
o Internal changes in how the scripts are constructed. Instead
of 7 practically identical 50k scripts, build each script from
common parts. This should make future maintainance and extension
easier.
Note: I made a (small) attempt to address Conrad Scott's concerns with
/tmp file clutter, but didn't even pretend to address Nicholas's
problems with the --trace option.
--Chuck
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