From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Jan_Dj=E4rv?= Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Should libXt-devel be required to build Emacs? Date: Fri, 22 Dec 2006 08:43:37 +0100 Message-ID: <458B8CA9.2040304@swipnet.se> References: <45878CD9.7020703@swipnet.se> <45884D35.7090402@swipnet.se> <45895E29.4050203@swipnet.se> <87y7p2zfi7.fsf@stupidchicken.com> <8764c5uv7s.fsf@stupidchicken.com> <87vek4dcpi.fsf@stupidchicken.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: dough.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1166773474 1991 80.91.229.10 (22 Dec 2006 07:44:34 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 22 Dec 2006 07:44:34 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org, rms@gnu.org, sdl.web@gmail.com Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Dec 22 08:44:32 2006 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by dough.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1Gxf4w-0000We-P3 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 22 Dec 2006 08:44:31 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Gxf4w-0004WL-9C for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 22 Dec 2006 02:44:30 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Gxf4Z-0004OH-5J for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 22 Dec 2006 02:44:07 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Gxf4X-0004MU-3R for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 22 Dec 2006 02:44:06 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Gxf4W-0004Ly-M8 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 22 Dec 2006 02:44:04 -0500 Original-Received: from [81.228.9.181] (helo=av7-1-sn3.vrr.skanova.net) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.52) id 1Gxf4V-0008I4-7i; Fri, 22 Dec 2006 02:44:03 -0500 Original-Received: by av7-1-sn3.vrr.skanova.net (Postfix, from userid 502) id ED11638702; Fri, 22 Dec 2006 08:43:41 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from smtp3-2-sn3.vrr.skanova.net (smtp3-2-sn3.vrr.skanova.net [81.228.9.102]) by av7-1-sn3.vrr.skanova.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9E1EC38702; Fri, 22 Dec 2006 08:43:41 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from husetbladh.homeip.net (81-235-205-78-no59.tbcn.telia.com [81.235.205.78]) by smtp3-2-sn3.vrr.skanova.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id DA44537E4B; Fri, 22 Dec 2006 08:44:01 +0100 (CET) User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.8 (X11/20061107) Original-To: Chong Yidong In-Reply-To: <87vek4dcpi.fsf@stupidchicken.com> X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:64091 Archived-At: Chong Yidong skrev: > Richard Stallman writes: > >> There's a problem with this: Autoconf 2.61 was only released in >> November this year, and it requires a new version of M4 (1.4.8), which >> in turn requires a new libc6. Most existing GNU/Linux distributions >> won't have these packages (at least in their "stable" branches). >> >> That's not so bad. Most users don't need to rebuild the configure >> file, so they won't have a problem. >> >> However, we could ask the Autoconf developers to release a patched >> version 2.59.1 which fixes this bug and doesn't require a new M4. > > On the other hand, most users don't compile Emacs at all; they use > pre-packaged binaries; those that do compile Emacs can surely install > libXt-dev. I think one of the goals of Emacs is that an ordinary user shall be able to compile and run a version for him/herself. An ordinary user can't install libXt-dev. Jan D.