Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: autoconf2.5-2.64-1

2009-08-19 Thread NightStrike
On Wed, Aug 19, 2009 at 9:16 PM, Dave Korn wrote: >> configure on cygwin being fast?  What > >  Yes, really.  I boggled. It just keeps getting better... >  Anyways you'll get your chance to try it out on the whole /src and /gcc > repositories soon enough, Ralf's making good progress convertin

Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: autoconf2.5-2.64-1

2009-08-19 Thread Dave Korn
NightStrike wrote: > On Wed, Aug 19, 2009 at 3:35 PM, Dave Korn wrote: >> Charles Wilson wrote: >> >>> This release includes the use of shell functions, providing smaller and >>> faster configure scripts. >> Seriously, this should not be underestimated. I tried it for the first time >> last night

Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: autoconf2.5-2.64-1

2009-08-19 Thread NightStrike
On Wed, Aug 19, 2009 at 3:35 PM, Dave Korn wrote: > Charles Wilson wrote: > >> This release includes the use of shell functions, providing smaller and >> faster configure scripts. > >  Seriously, this should not be underestimated.  I tried it for the first time > last night, and suddenly configure

Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: autoconf2.5-2.64-1

2009-08-19 Thread Charles Wilson
Eric Blake wrote: > According to Dave Korn on 8/19/2009 1:35 PM: >> Charles Wilson wrote: > >>> This release includes the use of shell functions, providing smaller and >>> faster configure scripts. >> Seriously, this should not be underestimated. I tried it for the first >> time >> last night

Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: autoconf2.5-2.64-1

2009-08-19 Thread Eric Blake
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 According to Dave Korn on 8/19/2009 1:35 PM: > Charles Wilson wrote: > >> This release includes the use of shell functions, providing smaller and >> faster configure scripts. > > Seriously, this should not be underestimated. I tried it for the fi

Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: autoconf2.5-2.64-1

2009-08-19 Thread Dave Korn
Charles Wilson wrote: > This release includes the use of shell functions, providing smaller and > faster configure scripts. Seriously, this should not be underestimated. I tried it for the first time last night, and suddenly configure scripts really just fly by; I'm used to a second or two's

[ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: autoconf2.5-2.64-1

2009-08-19 Thread Charles Wilson
Autoconf is an extensible package of m4 macros that produce shell scripts to automatically configure software source code packages. The autoconf2.5 package contains the latest edition of autoconf in the 2.5x release sequence (which includes 2.60, 2.61, etc). This will most likely be the final aut