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Re: Libtool 2.2.6a
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Jeff Squyres |
Subject: |
Re: Libtool 2.2.6a |
Date: |
Thu, 18 Sep 2008 07:59:21 -0400 |
On Sep 17, 2008, at 3:00 PM, Peter O'Gorman wrote:
Yeah, it is mostly a repacking of the libtool-2.2.6.tar.* that were
released the day before. Putting up files with the same name but
different sums is also bad. It is noted in the release announcement:
I understand, and I saw the version number discrepancy in the release
announcement (FWIW, I've had those "oops-need-to-rerelease-in-less-
than-24-hours" kinds of moments as well -- so I feel your pain). But
I did not expect the tarball to expand into a directory ending in
"2.2.6".
Specifically: the tarball has a filename that ends in "2.2.6a". To
match the convention used by all the other autoconf/automake/libtool
tarballs, I expected it to expand into a directory named "2.2.6a" --
and my scripts reflected that expectation. I now have a special case
for LT 2.2.6a in my scripts. While this is certainly not the end of
the world, it shouldn't really have been necessary. My $0.02 would
have been to either rename it 2.2.8 or change the directory and
version to report 2.2.6a.
Don't get me wrong; I'm a long-time, happy Libtool user. This is just
something that surprised me because it went against prior conventions,
so I thought I'd mention it on the list.
--
Jeff Squyres
Cisco Systems