Re: libtool vs. libtool-devel

2008-01-07 Thread Ryan Schmidt
On Jan 7, 2008, at 21:58, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Given the naive view that a larger version number implies something a bit more current and "-devel" implies something a bit more development- oriented, shouldn't the libtool-devel port either be renamed or deleted altogether? The "-devel"

Re: libtool vs. libtool-devel

2008-01-07 Thread skip
>> Given the naive view that a larger version number implies something a >> bit more current and "-devel" implies something a bit more >> development- oriented, shouldn't the libtool-devel port either be >> renamed or deleted altogether? Ryan> The "-devel" suffix indicates a d

Re: libtool vs. libtool-devel

2008-01-07 Thread Ryan Schmidt
On Jan 7, 2008, at 18:51, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I was seduced by the libtool-devel port (v. 1.9f), which caused me to deactivate the libtool port (v 1.5.24) in favor of it. As it turns out, the automake folks told me 1.9f is pretty old. libtool-devel is unmaintained so it wouldn't surp

libtool vs. libtool-devel

2008-01-07 Thread skip
I was seduced by the libtool-devel port (v. 1.9f), which caused me to deactivate the libtool port (v 1.5.24) in favor of it. As it turns out, the automake folks told me 1.9f is pretty old. The other kicker which got me to try libtool-devel was that the libtool port doesn't actually install tools