[Xastir] New configure.ac script - RPM upgrades

[Gerry Creager N5JXS]

Unless you can give me a real good reason, I'm still in camp 1.

I like to be able to defeaturize (debug to you guys who've never had to 
explain a new bug to a customer) compile problems a little faster and 
another layer of obfuscation doesn't help...

gerry

Curt Mills, WE7U wrote:
> On Thu, 13 Feb 2003, KC7ZRU - Tate wrote:
> 
> 
>>Maybe someone else can come up with a concise method of upgrading to the
>>required autoconf/automake using rpm. I ain't gonna.
>>
>>More recent rpm versions (meeting the minimums - just) of both I could
>>find are on Redhat's ftp server in their 'rawhide' directory.
>>
>>Instant dependency hell scared the bajeebies outta me and I swiftly went
>>for the sources.
>>
>>Much cleaner
> 
> 
> Oftentimes that's the case.
> 
> For me, running SuSE 7.3, I just brought up and FTP session against
> ftp.suse.com, found the 8.1 stuff, and snagged the latest RPM's of
> autoconf and automake.  They installed on 7.3 just fine and I was in
> business.  Sorry it took so much more effort on your part!
> 
> I learned this in my reading lately:  There are two different trains
> of thought w.r.t. the autotools stuff.  1) Distribute the derived
> files so that the users just have to type "configure;make;make
> install", or 2) Distribute the configure.ac file only and have the
> users create the derived files themselves.
> 
> Xastir used to be in camp 1).  Now we're in camp 2).  Time will tell
> if this works out better for us.
> 
> Curt, WE7U.				archer at eskimo.com
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