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Re: [PATCH suggestion] aclocal wrapper script loops forever if automake-devel or automake-stable is missing
- From: Charles Wilson <cwilson at ece dot gatech dot edu>
- To: Pavel Tsekov <ptsekov at syntrex dot com>
- Cc: cygwin-apps at cygwin dot com
- Date: Wed, 13 Mar 2002 03:48:24 -0500
- Subject: Re: [PATCH suggestion] aclocal wrapper script loops forever if automake-devel or automake-stable is missing
- References: <416981789.20020312131817@syntrex.com>
Pavel Tsekov wrote:
> Hey, there! :)
>
> Does the attached patch make any sense ? It prevents an infinite loop
> if either automake-devel or automake-stable is missing.
>
Yes, it does -- of course, setup enforces that automake depends on
automake-devel and automake-stable, so if you see this error it's
because you've overridden setup.exe...
Or you set the AUTO_STABLE / AUTO_DEVEL environment variables (incorrectly).
I've incorporated your suggestions into the next version of the
wrappers. However, as a general note, there are a few problems with
your submission:
1) you patched a generated file, not a source file (aclocal is created
from aclocal.in in the automake -src package).
2) you only patched one of the files -- but all scripts exhibit this
behavior. You'd actually need to provide similar patches for
automake:
aclocal.in
automake.in
autoconf:
autoconf.in
autoupdate.in
autoreconf.in
autoheader.in
autoscan.in
ifnames.in
libtool:
libtool.in
libtoolize.in
3) No ChangeLog entry
I have done all of the above, so no worries this time. However, next
time...
--Chuck