From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 26892 invoked by alias); 13 Sep 2002 15:02:46 -0000 Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Received: (qmail 26876 invoked from network); 13 Sep 2002 15:02:44 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO egghead.curl.com) (216.230.83.254) by sources.redhat.com with SMTP; 13 Sep 2002 15:02:44 -0000 Received: by egghead.curl.com (Postfix, from userid 10171) id 7CB427323; Fri, 13 Sep 2002 11:02:43 -0400 (EDT) To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: (setup.ini) autoconf requires Perl? From: "Patrick J. LoPresti" Date: Fri, 13 Sep 2002 08:15:00 -0000 Message-ID: User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.2 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-SW-Source: 2002-09/txt/msg00661.txt.bz2 Background: We have been using Cygwin for years. We use Cygwin's autoconf. We do not use Cygwin's Perl, and we do not wish to, because we are quite happy with the native Windows Perl from ActiveState. The current version of setup.ini thinks that autoconf requires Perl. This is not strictly true; Perl is only required for certain optional pieces of autoconf. The basic autoconf functionality does not require Perl. I would like to suggest either removing this dependency, or adding an "autoconf-noperl" package which is identical to "autoconf" but without the Perl dependency. I am willing to contribute patches for either of these if the maintainers are amenable. I would also love to hear other suggestions. Note that "just deselect Perl during setup" is not a good answer for me, since I am automating this installation across a large number of workstations (using AutoIt). Clicking at a certain spot in a certain dialog to select "all packages" is feasible to automate; scrolling down a list to select/deselect particular packages is not. Thanks for your time. And thanks for Cygwin! - Pat -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/