multiple autoconf versions
Robert Huff
roberthuff at rcn.com
Mon Nov 5 12:08:50 PST 2007
Pollywog writes:
> I am running FreeBSD 6.2 and I discovered that I have four versions of
> autoconf installed.
>
> autoconf-2.13.000227_6 Automatically configure source code on many Un*x
> platforms
> autoconf-2.53_4 Automatically configure source code on many Un*x platforms
> autoconf-2.59_3 Automatically configure source code on many Un*x platforms
> autoconf-2.61_2 Automatically configure source code on many Un*x platforms
>
>
> Should I remove any of them? I know that in Linux, having more
> than one version of autoconf can cause problems, but I am not
> certain of what to do here.
What I would do:
1) for each version, run "pkg_info -R <version>"
If this returns empty, it should be safe to delete.
2) for each remaining version, run "portupgrade -r <version>"
Warning: autoconf is required by automake, which is
used by great heaping gobs of stuff. There is a minute
possibility any upgrade will break something.
Robert Huff
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