Re: Automake 2.50 migration strategy, as implemented
On Sat, 26 May 2001, Ben Pfaff wrote:
>...
> All that autobuilder maintainers, etc., should need to do, is to
> make sure that they install autoconf2.13 as well as the new
> autoconf. This should not be challenging because the new
> autoconf Recommends: autoconf2.13 for now. (I intend to demote
>...
Please note that many (all?) autobuilders use apt, that means a
"Recommends:" is ignored when they install packages.
You must make this a dependency to get everyone who installs autoconf to
install autoconf2.13, too.
cu
Adrian
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