[MacPorts] #46635: libtool: update to 2.4.5; use xz
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Tue Feb 3 01:16:26 PST 2015
#46635: libtool: update to 2.4.5; use xz
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Reporter: ryandesign@… | Owner: larryv@…
Type: update | Status: new
Priority: Normal | Milestone:
Component: ports | Version: 2.3.99
Resolution: | Keywords: haspatch
Port: libtool |
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Comment (by larryv@…):
Replying to [comment:2 ryandesign@…]:
> Using xz results in a smaller distfile download, and xz and its
> dependencies don't currently depend on libtool. However, it's possible
> one of them may at some point need to depend on libtool. For example,
> it was requested that gettext should depend on libtool in #38878. So
> maybe it is safer to stick with a distfile format that does not depend
> on another MacPorts port to be extracted. Perhaps a future version of
> MacPorts will be bundled with its own copy of the xz utils, as
> discussed recently on the mailing lists, and then it wouldn't be
> a problem.
Usually I’m all for using xz, but in this case I think we should stay on
the safe side. It’s been all too easy in the past for someone (read: me)
to accidentally introduce circular dependencies involving Autotools.
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Ticket URL: <https://trac.macports.org/ticket/46635#comment:5>
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