[Buildroot] [PATCH] libtool version update 2.4.2

[Thomas Petazzoni]

On Sun, 11 Nov 2012 23:00:56 +0100, Arnout Vandecappelle wrote:
> On 11/10/12 10:53, Thomas Petazzoni wrote:
> > Alexander,
> >
> > On Fri,  9 Nov 2012 16:38:52 +0400, Alexander Khryukin wrote:
> >
> >> -LIBTOOL_VERSION = 2.2.10
> >> +LIBTOOL_VERSION = 2.4.2
> >
> > How much testing did you give to this version bump? A libtool
> > version bump is a very sensitive operation, as host-libtool is used
> > to autoreconfigure many packages in Buildroot. Therefore, this
> > patch needs a good amount of testing before being committed
> > (ideally testing that all packages having<foo>_AUTORECONF = YES
> > still build).
> 
>   Can't we rely on the autobuilders to do that?

Sure, we'll certainly rely on the autobuilders for a complete testing.
But I wanted to know if it had been tested again 2 packages or 20-40
packages, which makes quite a bit of difference :)

>   That said, I wouldn't do this for 2012.11 anymore...

For sure, it should not be part of 2012.11, we already have enough
issues to fix.

Thomas
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