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Re: Updated: libtool-devel-1.5, libltdl3-1


Gerrit P. Haase wrote:
> Hallo Charles,
>
> Am Donnerstag, 17. April 2003 um 00:42 schriebst du:
>
>> libtool-devel has been updated to the 1.5 release, as well as libltdl3.
>
> I'm confused a little about the current names of the packages.
> libtool-devel used to be the special libtool, patched for the Cygwin:
> VERSION=1.4e
> TIMESTAMP=" (1.1189 2003/02/12 05:54:20)"
>
> needs, libtool-stable is the standard release of libtool:
> VERSION=1.4.3
> TIMESTAMP=" (1.922.2.110 2002/10/23 01:39:54)"
>
> Now with the 1.5 release of Libtool, the Cygwin libtool-devel is
> version 1.5, and Cygwin libtool-stable will be version 1.5 too?

Ongoing development has stabilized the devel version, but there is still
call for 2 sets of autotools. Now "devel" = "current" and "stable" =
"legacy", legacy being for those projects still using ac-2.13.

However, renaming the Cygwin autotool packages is probably more effort than
it is worth.

Max.


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