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authorShawn Amundson <amundson@src.gnome.org>1999-04-09 02:16:39 +0000
committerShawn Amundson <amundson@src.gnome.org>1999-04-09 02:16:39 +0000
commitbbc2cc4e0ef3b08da94b7cd2a6ba02426d840db7 (patch)
tree32ba6a7dc7c0a5954b0362ee45be3445c73c2221 /configure.in
parent76a78f059ac215b131258e87fc5195f218e088c5 (diff)
downloadglib-bbc2cc4e0ef3b08da94b7cd2a6ba02426d840db7.tar.gz
Increment some version numbers, add warning to configure.upstream/GLIB_1_3_0
Increment some version numbers, add warning to configure. -Shawn amundson@gtk.org
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@@ -1267,4 +1267,28 @@ docs/Makefile
tests/Makefile
],[case "$CONFIG_FILES" in
*glib-config*)chmod +x glib-config;;
-esac])
+esac
+echo ""
+echo " *** IMPORTANT *** "
+echo ""
+echo "This is a development version of GLib. You should be using a stable"
+echo "version, which is available at ftp://ftp.gtk.org/pub/gtk/v1.2/. The"
+echo "version you just configured is meant for developers of GLib only:"
+echo ""
+echo " * You should not base stable software on this version of GLib."
+echo " * GNOME developers should use a stable version of GLib."
+echo ""
+echo "Distributions should *NOT* ship a development package of this GLib."
+echo "Do not ship the headers and do not ship the glib-config script. These"
+echo "things will conflict with the stable 1.2 series. Package only enough"
+echo "to satisfy the requirements of some other package. Package only the"
+echo "library itself. Doing otherwise will do no favors to the community."
+echo ""
+echo "If you install this version of GLib, we strongly recommend that you"
+echo "install it in a different prefix than GLib 1.2. Use --prefix as an"
+echo "argument to configure to do this. Otherwise, you will not be able to"
+echo "do development with GLib 1.2 any longer."
+echo ""
+echo " *** You should be using GLib 1.2 instead. ***"
+])
+