[haiku-development] Re: autoconf 2.13 co-existing with current version (2.63)

  • From: Ingo Weinhold <ingo_weinhold@xxxxxx>
  • To: haiku-development@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2009 23:54:29 +0100

On 2009-01-23 at 17:37:06 [+0100], Matt Madia <mattmadia@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Some programs, such as Mozilla, require autoconf-2.13 instead of newer 
> versions.
> 
> So, a system for allowing both versions to co-exist needs to be found.
> 
> Currently, I'm installing autoconf-2.13 to /boot/apps/autoconf-2.13
> and running it as a full path
> 
> /boot/apps/autoconf-2.13 --macro-dir=/boot/apps/autoconf-2.13/share
> (or share/autoconf)
> 
> It works, but does anyone have any better suggestions?

Oh, the joys of auto tools. How is it solved on other platforms (e.g. 
Linux)?

CU, Ingo

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