[mapserver-dev] configure in repository

[Paul Ramsey]

Is there an approved set of versions of autoconf, etc, to rebuild
configure? I admit, I checked in some changes to configure.in,  but I
didn't have the stones to overwrite configure.

P.

On Mon, Feb 15, 2010 at 7:35 AM, Frank Warmerdam <warmerdam at pobox.com> wrote:
> strk wrote:
>>
>> Hi all,
>> is it intentional for 'configure' script to be in
>> the repository ? I ask `cause I'm trying to fix
>> a linking problem (see ticket #3316) but found
>> the current configure.in not resulting in a correct
>> 'configure' after an 'autoconf' run.
>>
>> The usual way to go is only having 'configure.in'
>> in the repository and providing an 'autogen.sh'
>> script checking compatibility of generator tools
>> and running them in the correct order...
>
> Strk,
>
> It is intentional.  It ensures that folks without the exactly matching
> version of autoconf and related stuff that work properly for MapServer
> can still build from SVN.
>
> A curse on autogen.sh - leave my mapserver alone!
>
> Ahem, I mean, that's just my opinion.
>
> Best regards,
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