[Nix-dev] [***SPAM***] Re: Depending on Autoconf, Automake, and Libtool

[Ludovic Courtès]

Hi,

Eelco Dolstra <eelco.dolstra at logicblox.com> skribis:

> Maybe a better solution, given the track record of the Autotools with respect to
> backwards compatibility, is that packages should depend on a particular version
> of the Autotools (e.g. "automake_1_11").

Agreed.

> To encourage that we should remove the "automake" and "autoconf"
> attributes from all-packages.nix.

That would be a major annoyance for the GNU stuff on Hydra, and
elsewhere too.  Furthermore, in the case of CI, we want to see things as
they break when integrating them with cutting-edge software.

Thanks,
Ludo’.