Re: checking for Berkley db 4.2 --> 4.3 upgrade

[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]

 



Hello,

On Wed, Jul 20, 2005 at 06:55:42AM +0200, Ralf Corsepius wrote:
> On Tue, 2005-07-19 at 20:07 +0200, Stepan Kasal wrote:
> >  ad 1) Future versions will probably still have the funtion.
> >  ad 2) Older versions don't have it.
> >  ad 3) If another project provides the same functionality, your build scripts
> >        wouldn't be able to use it.

> I strongly disagree on this - All "version" checks are unreliable and
> should remain the absolute last resort if all else fail.

I stand corrected.  Your arguments are very convincing.

Stepan


_______________________________________________
Autoconf mailing list
Autoconf@xxxxxxx
http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/autoconf

[Index of Archives]     [GCC Help]     [Kernel Discussion]     [RPM Discussion]     [Red Hat Development]     [Yosemite News]     [Linux USB]     [Samba]

  Powered by Linux