Re: msys-autoconf 2.69-2

Erwin Waterlander <waterlan-qWit8jRvyhVmR6Xm/[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.comp.gnu.mingw.devel
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Op 5-3-2013 19:46, Erwin Waterlander schreef:
> Op 5-3-2013 17:57, Earnie Boyd schreef:
>> On Tue, Mar 5, 2013 at 11:51 AM, Alexey Pavlov wrote:
>>> 05.03.2013, в 20:48, waterlan <[email protected]> написал(а):
>>>
>>>> Alexey Pavlov schreef op 2013-03-05 17:42:
>>>>>>> I certainly don't use it that way and avoid the
>>>>>>> mingw32-autoconf releases.
>>>>>> When you build mingw32 programs you must use mingw32-autoconf. That's
>>>>>> the point.
>>>>>> If you develop only for msys, then you can ignore mingw32-autoconf.
>>>>>>
>>>>> I am always build MINGW programs using MSYS-autoconf without any
>>>>> problems)
>>>>>
>>>> But you can run into problems. For instance whey you use gettext.
>>>>
>>> I build gettext without problems
>> Read the rationale given by Chuck in
>> http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.gnu.mingw.devel/3904.  It has to
>> do more with developing than it does with building.  You can build
>> without having the autotools installed unless you use source from a
>> repository but then you're really developing and not building a
>> release.
>>
>
> Now back to the worries of Keith. As far as I see, msys-autoconf did not
> have specific msys patches. Only some patches from Debian, which were
> dropped by Debian in version 2.69. So I think that the packages I made
> are good for building msys programs.
>
> Perhaps there is more need to update the mingw32- autotools, but I don't
> have the time to do all that. I plan to work on ncurses packages soon.
>
> regards,
>

Hi,

I don't have time to work on the auto tools any more. Msys nor mingw32. 
I stop here. If somebody wants he/she can upload the msys-autoconf 2.69 
packages I made available.

best regards,

-- 
Erwin Waterlander
http://waterlan.home.xs4all.nl/


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