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Bug#554960: marked as done (autoconf: Should use alternative mechanisms so old versions could be used easily)

Your message dated Tue, 1 Dec 2009 14:35:59 +0100
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and subject line Re: Bug#554960: autoconf: Should use alternative mechanisms so old  versions could be used easily
has caused the Debian Bug report #554960,
regarding autoconf: Should use alternative mechanisms so old versions could be used easily
to be marked as done.

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--- Begin Message --- 
Package: autoconf
Version: 2.64-4
Severity: normal

I have the following packages installed:
 autoconf      2.64-4
 autoconf2.59  2.59-1
I want to build a kde 3.5 app which is not compatible with ac 2.64,
so I need to use 2.59.
I really should not have to patch the build scripts of the application
in invoke autoconf2.59, but use the alternatives mechanism.
For now, it is even impossible to remove autoconf (2.64) to have
only the 2.59 version:
dpkg: dependency problems prevent removal of autoconf:
 automake depends on autoconf (>= 2.60).
 autoconf2.59 depends on autoconf (>= 2.50).

Please consider removing dependency of autoconf2.59 on autoconf,
and providing update-alternatives.


-- System Information:
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (990, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing'), (500, 'stable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: i386 (i686)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.30-2-686 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

Versions of packages autoconf depends on:
ii  debianutils                   3.2.1      Miscellaneous utilities specific t
ii  m4                            1.4.13-2   a macro processing language
ii  perl                          5.10.1-6   Larry Wall's Practical Extraction 

Versions of packages autoconf recommends:
ii  automake [automaken]          1:1.11-1   A tool for generating GNU Standard

Versions of packages autoconf suggests:
pn  autoconf-archive              <none>     (no description available)
pn  autoconf-doc                  <none>     (no description available)
pn  autoconf2.13                  <none>     (no description available)
ii  gettext                       0.17-8     GNU Internationalization utilities
pn  gnu-standards                 <none>     (no description available)
ii  libtool                       2.2.6a-4   Generic library support script

-- no debconf information

--- End Message ---
--- Begin Message --- 
autoconf 2.59 is an obsolete version, included in the archive only to
build the few packages (like gcc, or your kde apps) which aren't
compatible with autoconf 2.64. If you want to use it, patch your build
system (in gcc, we set the autoconf version by hand in rules.patch).
It must not be the default version on the system. Closing.

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