From: "Jan Djärv" <jan.h.d@swipnet.se>
To: Steve Purcell <steve@sanityinc.com>
Cc: 8342@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#8342: 24.0.50; Emacs HEAD cannot build with OS X standard autoconf
Date: Fri, 25 Mar 2011 15:26:27 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4D8CA613.60008@swipnet.se> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <9AB28351-B84F-406E-9D0D-5F2ED8D3498E@sanityinc.com>
Steve Purcell skrev 2011-03-25 14.29:
> The latest Apple developer tools (XCode 3.2.6) provide autoconf version
> 2.61. Since 'configure' was removed from emacs bzr, it cannot be
> regenerated on this platform without autoconf>= 2.6.5, i.e. overriding
> Apple's standard autotools, which is widely deprecated.
Deprecated by who? I have had autoconf in /usr/local for years on OSX, and
noticed no ill effects on XCode projects.
>
> IMHO, it should continue to be possible to build emacs without doing so,
> as has always been the case.
It is still the case for released versions, it is just the developer version
that has changed. This is more or less how other projects manage development
versions.
Jan D.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2011-03-25 14:26 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-03-25 13:29 bug#8342: 24.0.50; Emacs HEAD cannot build with OS X standard autoconf Steve Purcell
2011-03-25 14:26 ` Jan Djärv [this message]
2011-03-25 15:04 ` Steve Purcell
2011-03-25 15:51 ` Chong Yidong
2011-03-25 17:58 ` Glenn Morris
2011-03-25 17:58 ` Steve Purcell
2011-03-25 17:08 ` Glenn Morris
2011-03-25 18:06 ` Steve Purcell
2011-03-25 18:10 ` Glenn Morris
[not found] ` <F7203268-7EC9-49BE-A31F-592ECC383EF5@sanityinc.com>
[not found] ` <19852.56802.807219.528249@fencepost.gnu.org>
[not found] ` <A43D9B2F-FAF5-4096-99E6-0AE152FBB49C@sanityinc.com>
2011-03-25 18:36 ` Glenn Morris
2011-03-25 18:02 ` Andreas Schwab
2011-03-25 19:34 ` Steve Purcell
2011-03-25 19:59 ` Stefan Monnier
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