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Re: [PATCH] Fix compiling on CentOS 7.
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Ludovic Courtès |
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Re: [PATCH] Fix compiling on CentOS 7. |
Date: |
Mon, 29 Aug 2016 14:51:58 +0200 |
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Hi Roel,
Roel Janssen <address@hidden> skribis:
> Ludovic Courtès writes:
[...]
>> Use of %D% was discussed here:
>>
>> https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/guix-devel/2016-05/msg00641.html
>>
>> In general, I’m in favor of using the latest build tools available (the
>> autotools), because I think it’s reasonable to ask developers to have
>> the latest available. If needed, they can install the Guix binary
>> tarball and get the latest tools from there.
>
> So, for CentOS 7 users you suggest that to compile GNU Guix, people need
> to first install the GNU Guix binary? Is that really easier than
> applying and maintaining this change? I think that we should support
> the version of Automake shipped with CentOS 7.
We can do that if it doesn’t cost us much, I agree.
What about this: you revert the %D% patch (with a comment somewhere
explaining which Automake version we’re targeting), and then merge
master into core-updates and wip-python? How good of a deal is it? :-)
Thanks, and apologies for making it sound like I was strongly objecting
the change!
Ludo’.
- Re: [PATCH] Fix compiling on CentOS 7., (continued)
- Re: [PATCH] Fix compiling on CentOS 7., Florian Paul Schmidt, 2016/08/27
- Re: [PATCH] Fix compiling on CentOS 7., Roel Janssen, 2016/08/27
- Re: [PATCH] Fix compiling on CentOS 7., Tomáš Čech, 2016/08/28
- Re: [PATCH] Fix compiling on CentOS 7., Efraim Flashner, 2016/08/28
- Re: [PATCH] Fix compiling on CentOS 7., Tomáš Čech, 2016/08/28
- Re: [PATCH] Fix compiling on CentOS 7., Roel Janssen, 2016/08/28
- Re: [PATCH] Fix compiling on CentOS 7., Mathieu Lirzin, 2016/08/28
- Re: [PATCH] Fix compiling on CentOS 7., Mathieu Lirzin, 2016/08/27
- Re: [PATCH] Fix compiling on CentOS 7., Ludovic Courtès, 2016/08/28
- Re: [PATCH] Fix compiling on CentOS 7., Roel Janssen, 2016/08/28
- Re: [PATCH] Fix compiling on CentOS 7.,
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