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Re: ACLOCAL_PATH patch?
- From: Harlan Stenn <Harlan dot Stenn at pfcs dot com>
- To: Alexandre Duret-Lutz <duret_g at lrde dot epita dot fr>
- Cc: Harlan Stenn <Harlan dot Stenn at pfcs dot com>, automake at gnu dot org,Harlan dot Stenn at pfcs dot com
- Date: Fri, 14 Jun 2002 18:01:24 -0400
- Subject: Re: ACLOCAL_PATH patch?
The patch you cite is also useful (imo) and solves a different problem.
The patch I sent in from the mpkg folks lets one sepcify path information on
a per-shell basis, which is needed (for example) in Configuration
Management.
The patch below is useful for per-site decisions.
H
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> >>> "Harlan" == Harlan Stenn <Harlan.Stenn@pfcs.com> writes:
>
> Harlan> The mpkg folks apply a patch to automake to allow it to support
> Harlan> ACLOCAL_PATH.
>
> Harlan> This is most useful for places that want to support
> Harlan> multiple versions of libtool and keep the libtool
> Harlan> installation independent of any installed versions of
> Harlan> automake.
>
> There is also the following patch flying around for this. What
> do you think of it?
>
> http://mail.gnu.org/pipermail/automake-patches/2002-May/000787.html
>
> [...]
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> Alexandre Duret-Lutz
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