Re: Access to cvs.gnome.org?

On Wed, 2003-02-05 at 16:59, Andrew Lau wrote:

> 
> Oh yes, you're right. I do have an account = ). Thanks!

np :)

> > You asked for the versions of ..... and .... : well I use the versions
> > shipped by RedHat 8.0. 
> 
> http://www.redhat.com/software/linux/technical/packages.html
> 
> autoconf 	2.53 	A GNU tool for automatically configuring source code.
> autoconf213 	2.13 	A GNU tool for automatically configuring source code.
> automake 	1.6.3 	A GNU tool for automatically creating Makefiles.
> automake14 	1.4p6 	A GNU tool for automatically creating Makefiles.
> automake15 	1.5 	A GNU tool for automatically creating Makefiles.

[freax <at> snuffel icons]$ automake --version
automake (GNU automake) 1.6.3
Written by Tom Tromey <tromey <at> redhat.com>.

Copyright 2002 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.  There is
NO
warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
PURPOSE.
[freax <at> snuffel icons]$

But check the autogen.sh script; it invokes the automake selected by
gnome (gnome-common).

> I can tell you're using automake-1.4 judging from the symlinks to
> install-sh, missing etc you have, but which version of autoconf are
> you using?  Will you be upgrading gcm to use autoconf 2.53 and
> automake 1.6 in the near future, or would it break too much stuff and
> take too much effort?

I would have no problem if somebody else would upgrade the scripts to
start using a newer automake. I, however, dislike working on such
buildscripts to much to do this myself. 

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