[haiku-development] Re: autoconf 2.13 co-existing with current version (2.63)
- From: "François Revol" <revol@xxxxxxx>
- To: haiku-development@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 24 Jan 2009 00:21:02 +0100 CET
> 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)?
Debian probably uses the alternatives system (lots of symlinks).
I recall usign a symlink for the share folder back in R5...
François.
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