On Jun 5, 2004, Michael Schwendt <fedora@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> automake* ? autoconf* ? > Without the '*' I would agree. >> + libtool of course! > Maybe. (It requires libtool-libs and hence provides GNU ltdl.) You're not supposed to require any of these at build time. They're development-time programs. IMHO, if you need to patch whatever upstream shipped, run the tools to update generated files, create a patch file, and arrange for that patch file to be applied just like any other patch file. Then, if someone upgrades their autoconf*, automake* or libtool* packages, the package won't suddenly stop building. Yeah, I agree it's a pain, but it's the right way to do it. -- Alexandre Oliva http://www.ic.unicamp.br/~oliva/ Red Hat Compiler Engineer aoliva@{redhat.com, gcc.gnu.org} Free Software Evangelist oliva@{lsd.ic.unicamp.br, gnu.org}
