Bug 31016

Summary:	Syntax for WANT_AUTOCONF should be similar to WANT_AUTOMAKE
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	Victor Toni <gentoo-bugs>
Component:	[OLD] Core system	Assignee:	Martin Schlemmer (RETIRED) <azarah>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED
Severity:	minor	CC:	azarah, releng
Priority:	High
Version:	1.4_rc4
Hardware:	x86
OS:	Linux
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Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---
Bug Depends on:
Bug Blocks:	32830

Description Victor Toni 2003-10-13 01:00:44 UTC

automake installs multiple versions which can be selected with WANT_AUTOMAKE=xxx
WANT_AUTCONF has a different syntax (WANT_AUTCONF_xxx=1) which is unexpected 
and less intuitive.


Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1. export WANT_AUTOMAKE=1.7; emerge automake; automake --version
2. export WANT_AUTOCONF=2.5; emerge autoconf; autoconf --version
3. export WANT_AUTOCONF_2_5=1; emerge autoconf; autoconf --version


Actual Results:  
1.:
automake (GNU automake) 1.7.7
Written by Tom Tromey <tromey@redhat.com>.
...

2.:
Autoconf version 2.13

3.:
autoconf (GNU Autoconf) 2.57a
Written by David J. MacKenzie and Akim Demaille.
...


Expected Results:  
export WANT_AUTOCONF=2.5; emerge autoconf; autoconf --version

autoconf (GNU Autoconf) 2.57a
Written by David J. MacKenzie and Akim Demaille.
...


I would even more expect that "emerge autoconf" results in the installation of 
the most current autoconf as default.

Comment 1 Martin Schlemmer (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2003-11-07 15:47:38 UTC

Changed for autoconf-2.58.