Re: Build system support for stock FreeBSD autoconf ports

From:	Jani Taskinen	Date:	Tue, 29 Mar 2005 12:24:07 +0000
Subject:	Re: Build system support for stock FreeBSD autoconf ports
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On Tue, 29 Mar 2005, Roman Neuhauser wrote:

# sniper@iki.fi / 2005-03-29 11:11:27 +0300:
On Sun, 27 Mar 2005, Jon Parise wrote:
The attached patch allows PHP's build system to recognize FreeBSD's "versioned" autoconf ports without the need for system-level symlinks or similar aliasing. It uses 'shtool path' to (attempt to) locate the appropriate autoconf / autoheader executable.
    I added such patch once but Sebastian got some problems with
    it so it was reverted. And I don't want to add this patch
    either unless there is very good reason to do so.
It would be interesting to know what the problems were so that they could be ironed out.

    He had the problems with gentoo and it's autoconf wrapper crap.

    And finally: Common users should NEVER EVER run buildconf.

But why make hacking PHP harder?

    And how is it hard atm to run './buildconf' ??
    If you have autoconf (any version above 2.13 works) installed,
    there are no problems.

    --Jani