On 7/25/05, Randy McMurchy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Tush, > > You wrote: > > > IMO, the autotools are never required unless you are building software > > of CVS HEAD. For all released packages the generated files are > > included with the package. > > > > Also, only LFSers who maintain packages need these tools installed, > > normal LFS builders do not need autotools. > > Let's just A2D on this one. You think differently than I. > > > > > 2. There are several BLFS packages requiring the autotools, so > > > having them installed in LFS makes the BLFS team's job easier. > > > > AFAIK none of the BLFS packages need autotools installed. There was a > > patch to fam at one time that required running autoreconf and now > > sgml-common. All configure scripts do check if autotools are installed > > but never use them. > > I thought there were more than that. I'm too lazy, and don't care > enough to check. I do know that I run across non-BLFS packages > all the time that require some sort of auto-something to get it > to build.
The few times I needed the autoreconf command, it didn't work out properly since the internal files were not compatible with the latest autotool versions. > > > > > 4. If we're thinking about removing autotools, then readline should > > > also be considered for moving back to BLFS. There is really no good > > > reason why readline needs to be in LFS, > > > > Bash (& inetutils?) from LFS link against installed readline. > > Bash only recently linked to readline. It doesn't need to. This is > totally optional, and wouldn't to this day, if Zack wasn't such a > pussy about it when the discussion was asked. > > FYI - Please keep these discussions on the -dev lists. I don't see > much point discussing this in private. Thanks. Sorry I didn't mean to send a private mail. For some reason, gmail sometimes replies to the sender sometimes to the list. Will have to track the mystery someday. Till then I will remember to use the Reply All option. -- Tushar Teredesai mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/~tushar/ -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
