From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from omta002.cacentral1.a.cloudfilter.net (omta002.cacentral1.a.cloudfilter.net [3.97.99.33]) by sourceware.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 9D17A3858411 for ; Wed, 8 Dec 2021 05:56:41 +0000 (GMT) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.4.1 sourceware.org 9D17A3858411 Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; dmarc=none (p=none dis=none) header.from=SystematicSw.ab.ca Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; spf=none smtp.mailfrom=systematicsw.ab.ca Received: from shw-obgw-4002a.ext.cloudfilter.net ([10.228.9.250]) by cmsmtp with ESMTP id ulFYmbaVdztEjupwXmoWLZ; Wed, 08 Dec 2021 05:56:41 +0000 Received: from [192.168.1.105] ([68.147.0.90]) by cmsmtp with ESMTP id upwWmqbyq5livupwWm7sgz; Wed, 08 Dec 2021 05:56:41 +0000 X-Authority-Analysis: v=2.4 cv=IfaU5Ema c=1 sm=1 tr=0 ts=61b04919 a=T+ovY1NZ+FAi/xYICV7Bgg==:117 a=T+ovY1NZ+FAi/xYICV7Bgg==:17 a=IkcTkHD0fZMA:10 a=w_pzkKWiAAAA:8 a=94nOnFI1EgyDtX4ev68A:9 a=QEXdDO2ut3YA:10 a=26IShss--rAA:10 a=sRI3_1zDfAgwuvI8zelB:22 Message-ID: <71aa992c-4df1-f5bf-16fb-f67a7c472836@SystematicSw.ab.ca> Date: Tue, 7 Dec 2021 22:56:40 -0700 MIME-Version: 1.0 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64; rv:91.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/91.3.2 Reply-To: cygwin-apps@cygwin.com Subject: Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: autoconf-15-1, autoconf2.7-2.71-1 Content-Language: en-CA To: cygwin-apps@cygwin.com References: <87d575a7-5e48-4320-e6a4-a61b628f71a4@cornell.edu> From: Brian Inglis Organization: Systematic Software In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-CMAE-Envelope: MS4xfMpe5JUKWs8LgImmE3kMXTCz/W9S104Xfn/tx+RojM/p1PJVRVZj2rLTObQTfO5oxZq95pz2yMp3qCF92QrVP0e3/DNgMwrdNVVjObExVFLcyILhbU+o w8M9EWdm5Db6v93Zj6RehPgH6aC3NnzCoHOOpQFuq/koaLBzwdrRBwoR6s5vbX3e57B8fnkkW9daQErAHZOzaE/qLYjlzdfY4kY= X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1165.0 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00, KAM_DMARC_STATUS, KAM_LAZY_DOMAIN_SECURITY, KAM_NUMSUBJECT, NICE_REPLY_A, RCVD_IN_BARRACUDACENTRAL, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_H3, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_WL, SPF_HELO_NONE, SPF_NONE, TXREP autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on server2.sourceware.org X-BeenThere: cygwin-apps@cygwin.com X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: Cygwin package maintainer discussion list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 08 Dec 2021 05:56:43 -0000 On 2021-12-07 13:16, Ken Brown wrote: > [Redirected from the cygwin list, > https://cygwin.com/pipermail/cygwin/2021-December/250149.html] > > On 12/7/2021 3:08 PM, Ken Brown wrote: >> On 12/5/2021 3:50 AM, Achim Gratz wrote: >>> Autoconf upstream has stated that the 2.7x releases are not fully >>> backwards compatible.  Cygwin therefore chose to provide a new >>> autoconf2.7 package (keeping autoconf2.5 available) and modifying the >>> wrapper script to allow packaging systems to set WANT_AUTOCONF=2.7 to >>> select a newer autoconf version.  The default (when no explicit >>> WANT_AUTOCONF is set) is still "2.5", which selects autoconf version >>> 2.69 on Cygwin. >> As you explained on IRC earlier today, what you meant is that the >> default for packages built via cygport is still 2.5. >>> The default will change to "2.7" after some period of >>> testing. >>> >>> Cygwin package maintainers are encouraged to set WANT_AUTOCONF=2.7 in >>> their cygport configuration or in individual cygport files in order to >>> check for regressions. > I wonder if it would be better to make the default 2.7 in order to more > strongly encourage maintainers to try the latter.  They can always set > WANT_AUTOCONF=2.5 if they can't make it work.  But I would bet that most > difficulties that arise have already been found and fixed by Fedora. Does Fedora build Windows exes? Do most packages use libtool? Remember gnulib? ;^> -- Take care. Thanks, Brian Inglis, Calgary, Alberta, Canada This email may be disturbing to some readers as it contains too much technical detail. Reader discretion is advised. [Data in binary units and prefixes, physical quantities in SI.]