[Xastir-Dev] Re: [Xastir] New configure.ac script

Bob Nielsen nielsen at oz.net
Fri Feb 14 14:08:38 EST 2003


It looks fine here on Debian "sarge" using autoconf 2.57 and automake
1.7.2.  I got a warning about having an "obsolete" version of
Imagemagick (5.4.4.5), but everything is working without problems.  I'm
using Debian packages for everything (except xastir itself) instead of
the tarballs.

Bob, N7XY

On Fri, Feb 14, 2003 at 08:16:47AM -0600, Gerry Creager N5JXS wrote:
> I'll try it at the office... if I ever get to my office... this 
> afternoon.  I'll try it at home if I can ever recover proj, and the 
> other helper libs from a hard disk failure (but I may get lucky... ).
> 
> That'll cover RH 7.3 and 8.0.
> 
> gerry
> 
> Curt Mills wrote:
> >A new configure.ac script is in place now, and several of the files
> >that used to be in the CVS repository are now gone.  Some of you may
> >have fits with CVS because of this.  An easy way to fix it is to
> >delete the repository and download it again.
> >
> >The new method of getting Xastir compiled is this:
> >
> >    ./bootstrap.sh
> >    ./configure
> >    make
> >    make install-strip (as root)
> >
> >In order to run the bootstrap.sh script, you'll need automake 1.6.3
> >or newer, and autoconf 2.53 or newer.  Some of you may have to
> >upgrade or install these tools in order to do this.
> >
> >The good news is that the new system is tested on SuSE Linux 7.3 and
> >on Cygwin/Windows and it works great!
> >
> >The developers are looking forward to reports for other operating
> >systems and versions.  Test away!
> >
> >Thanks go to Chuck for getting this done!  Thanks to Jack for a
> >bunch of advice on the matter as well.  The three of us have been
> >working behind the scenes for the last few days to make this happen.
> >
> 
> 
> -- 
> Gerry Creager -- gerry.creager at tamu.edu
> Network Engineering -- AATLT, Texas A&M University	
> Cell: 979.229.4301 Office: 979.458.4020 FAX: 979.847.8578
> Page: 979.228.0173
> Office: 903A Eller Bldg, TAMU, College Station, TX 77843
> 
> _______________________________________________
> Xastir-dev mailing list
> Xastir-dev at xastir.org
> http://krypton.hscs.virginia.edu/mailman/listinfo/xastir-dev

-- 
Bob Nielsen, N7XY                          n7xy at n7xy.net
Bainbridge Island, WA                      http://www.n7xy.net
IOTA NA-065, USI WA-028S 



More information about the Xastir mailing list