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Re: LPRng was Re: Pending packages status

From: Earnie Boyd <earnie_boyd at yahoo dot com>
To: Max Bowsher <maxb at ukf dot net>
Cc: cygwin-apps at cygwin dot com
Date: Sat, 08 Mar 2003 18:51:30 -0500
Subject: Re: LPRng was Re: Pending packages status
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Max Bowsher wrote:

Earnie Boyd wrote:
Max Bowsher wrote:
IMO, a simple bootstrap.sh containing the appropriate autotool
commands would be better.
A source release for a binary package isn't supposed to require autotools. IIRC, this is GNU standards mandated; if not it certainly is autoconf mandated. The configure script exists for the non-maintainer.
You're right - I just hate the *huge* patches that result from this.

Now that just happens to be a cygwin-apps Style 2 mandate, I believe. ;)

Earnie.

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- Re: LPRng was Re: Pending packages status
  - From: Max Bowsher
- Re: LPRng was Re: Pending packages status
  - From: Earnie Boyd
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