Bug#130309: Bug 130309 - libwww configure script won't regenerate from configure.in

[Frank Küster <frank@debian.org>]

Hi Theo, 

just for your information:

Olaf Weber <olaf@infovore.xs4all.nl> schrieb:

> Bug 130309 - libwww configure script won't regenerate ...
>
> Three notes:
>
> - libwww itself is no longer used by teTeX.
> - cross-compilation support has been somewhat improved in web2c 7.5.3,
>   though certain programs (like tangle, tie) have to be installed on
>   the build host.
> - web2c uses a hacked version of autoconf 2.13.  To regenerate, you
>   have to to do something like the following in order to get the right
>   set of macros:
>     autoconf -m .../texk/etc/autoconf
>
> -- 
> Olaf Weber

7.5.3 will be included in teTeX 3.0, which is of course not going to be
    in Debian sarge, but will hit unstable soon, hopefully.

Regards, Frank
-- 
Frank Küster, Biozentrum der Univ. Basel
Abt. Biophysikalische Chemie