[Xastir] Automake & Bit Depth

[Chip G.]

On Jan 10, 2010, at 13:03, Curt, WE7U wrote:

> On Sun, 10 Jan 2010, Chip G. wrote:
> 
>> Initially I was going to agree with you completely. But this is not totally true. Xastir won't compile with certain versions of automake.
> 
> I believe the most correct statement is that Automake and Autoconf should have compatible versions installed.  I still don't believe that the Xastir code has much to do with it, but I could be wrong.
> 
> I believe we have to have a minimum version of each, but anything in the most recent 5 or 6 years should do, so it's not an unreasonable requirement.
> 
> The problems I've had before have to do with an update to Automake that doesn't work with the installed Autoconf, or vice-versa.  Those two packages generally have to be upgraded together as they are dependent on each other.

A frequently updated item on my system, that may other packages depend upon, is gettext which wants automake 1.5 to be installed. Automake 1.5 was released in August 2001 (older than your specified 5-6 years). Automake 1.6 was released in March 2002. Why gettext should keep insisting on such an old product is beyond me, but it does. So frequently when I do updates that depend on gettext, I get "downgraded" to automake 1.5. Whenever one version of automake is installed, another is removed, as only one can be present. I only have two versions of autoconf available to me and the newest is presently installed. But I've not seen it get updated at any point.

In any case, I have a solution that works for me. I just thought I'd propose a more complete solution. Since I don't contribute to the coding then this is as far as I want to take it. You all do such a great job that I have no grounds for complaint.

Thanks.



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    Chip