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RE: [PATCH] Installation autoconf upgrade?

From: Sander Striker <striker_at_apache.org>
Date: 2002-08-05 21:08:44 CEST

> From: helink@sass165.sandia.gov [mailto:helink@sass165.sandia.gov]On
> Behalf Of Hamilton Link

> David Summers wrote:
> >
> > On 5 Aug 2002, Karl Fogel wrote:
> >
> > > "Hamilton Link" <helink@sandia.gov> writes:
> > > > We know that in some cases neon tells people they need 2.53. So what if
> > > > they build from the tarball -- what if they make a mistake and try
> > > > running autogen.sh before they notice there's a configure file already
> > > > built? I did.
> > >
> > > If/when Neon is available via anon CVS, and our autogen.sh detects and
> > > handles that case, then we'll need to think about the autoconf 2.50 vs
> > > 2.53 issue. But right now, it's a non-issue.
> >
> > Aha. That clarifies the issue. I understand now. However, just this
> > weekend I was trying to build the NEON from anon CVS and couldn't get it
> > to build correctly, but the distribution neon.tar.gz file would build
> > correctly. I gave up and went back to the neon.tar.gz file to do the
> > build.
>
> Will this require a vote?

Please no.

> It appears at least 3 people have encountered this as either a problem
> or a point of confusion.
>
> +1 for patching the INSTALL file so that either
> (a) 2.53 is listed as required to build subversion, or

It isn't true, so that would be wrong.

(b) 2.50 is left as a requirement but sentances are added to the effect
> that depending on the means of acquisition, APR requires 2.52 (I think?
> someone check me on this)

It doesn't.

> and Neon requires 2.53.

Only when you build from CVS. The release tarballs which we recommend
on using in INSTALL have a pre-computed configure script. IOW, it doesn't
need it at all.
 
> I hope (b) would be acceptable to the "precise requirements" group.
>
> h

Can we please put this thread to an end? It is becomming way too long,
and I think several people have been quite clear about not requiring
autoconf 2.53.

Sander

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