From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mout.kundenserver.de (mout.kundenserver.de [217.72.192.75]) by sourceware.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 947023858D28 for ; Thu, 2 Dec 2021 10:40:41 +0000 (GMT) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.4.1 sourceware.org 947023858D28 Received: from calimero.vinschen.de ([24.134.7.25]) by mrelayeu.kundenserver.de (mreue107 [212.227.15.183]) with ESMTPSA (Nemesis) id 1MGhi0-1morcz0OSA-00DqAg for ; Thu, 02 Dec 2021 11:40:39 +0100 Received: by calimero.vinschen.de (Postfix, from userid 500) id 1A9BCA80D4C; Thu, 2 Dec 2021 11:40:38 +0100 (CET) Date: Thu, 2 Dec 2021 11:40:38 +0100 From: Corinna Vinschen To: cygwin-apps@cygwin.com Subject: Re: autoconf Message-ID: Reply-To: cygwin-apps@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin-apps@cygwin.com References: <87mtlk6qvq.fsf@Rainer.invalid> <2262e475-e281-bfc9-b00c-c471b8ad58cb@SystematicSw.ab.ca> <87wnkncvxf.fsf@Otto.invalid> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: X-Provags-ID: V03:K1:CQlBsQS2AdRelFiYgN3rJfMVuag4ePJTMQhnt69Ufil4UqH3hVw bl4IrAgqajBCN/6YUjEXCxcwTMF22NTnp+Mex62VYERIETNQUKR20PrdNSmr5xNlhKzpNhI qxHowG+eMuq74MAkdqMHsM3Usrp3wOCFsX5RFlu4EOZEsQnB2MwD5oUoQN8c8qTAdSmWboq zEjG3rHRgXD+lybW87svg== X-UI-Out-Filterresults: notjunk:1;V03:K0:stNwmB5JrK4=:8/tQ6lNx3PbBr/n+0KtGri 8ksGYCUi9XCLco8ErFLSXpb5k97s5/kLAh3bMqulYKdxA4bIBbH/Ud4uuJpwoA/e2BSjrLweS RB06r4tBRihbgJsYzxz3auumIe2meFkoXgsMv/O2rzJDIHhC2oiUq/K/uZUEPHvQRd+AJKbwH +ftm4mhzHPDfcoPkW9KTgDh5b99CQvDTBNfkn7ggkEM6oSTcawiMRN36+3kGpWjlAGD2nhknq PjeFzWlNq32X7BPW6Sx1yQ2cgA7wG5WjLZzHh7Gb7zNiLeDUpB+ZvyozjKZR975wtiUyEwqlf wB1fOlhekUMQQYgNApFDpTzOZnml7gyN89j5JS4WDs7h3u2kvfoVotK7RDvfqmQJkrw3+03yK fhjjhseJ9d7z7ZzSHTI3A2t/apZAcdCmxH56PS7SxM9TboTd09I8frKlunAuGJutaMwXwJ+xb ny3bnABFLRA8k8/B/h7gT4t59XYs2mXK0s94vSk3OgEjIYuXMDAM69GyTGpCBLrE0V2OcQxkw PQlK8E7DUN/bGbY06xhVAVW33HqTAS7LEEXNaikNhRs7Sj01Rvt+a9RsjeZtV0+U4yxAFFjW6 a53eOqtkpJ1AsAa4hUF2RyMjDVaPzIZep4lI+930O5FySo8YjCyHE2GflyOPGycvKyCbOxrnM 0UWpxypHNc4IqpmEHGz9uJFOUiZC17P781iNOdrjzCIWfLML1new60RQBRBk1OFN7xTzOF9s8 shki5Odb5+0KmkWq X-Spam-Status: No, score=-99.1 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00, GOOD_FROM_CORINNA_CYGWIN, JMQ_SPF_NEUTRAL, KAM_DMARC_NONE, KAM_DMARC_STATUS, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_H2, SPF_HELO_NONE, SPF_NEUTRAL, TXREP autolearn=ham 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: Thu, 02 Dec 2021 10:40:43 -0000 On Dec 2 11:15, Jan Nijtmans via Cygwin-apps wrote: > Op do 2 dec. 2021 om 10:22 schreef Corinna Vinschen via Cygwin-apps: Nope, I didn't. Make that: On Dec 2 08:23, ASSI wrote: > > > Most distros still package 2.69 or even earlier and that includes some > > > substantial rolling release distros. As long as these guys don't use > > > the newer version it seems unlikely that we would actually need it, plus > > > I don't see us spending time and effort debugging things that aren't > > > even Cygwin specific. > > My 2c : Cygwin should - at least - allow people to install autoconf-2.71 > and - as long as the packages are prepared for it - things shouldn't break. > > If I install autoconf-2.71 locally, and then compile Tcl 8.6.12, which > contained in tcl.cygport: > src_compile() { > cd ${S}/unix > cygautoreconf > ... > > $ cygport tcl.cygport compile > >>> Compiling tcl-8.6.12-1.x86_64 > *** ERROR: autoconf2.5 is required to build this package > > > My solution was, simply to remove the "cygautoreconf" line from the > cygport file, then it works again. > > Somewhere in cygport, a check is done for the autoconf version, please > change this check to allow autoconf 2.71 (as well as 2.59 and 2.69). > Then I can put back the "cygautoreconf" line in tcl.cygport. > > Thanks! > Jan Nijtmans