[OpenAFS-devel] Autoconf 2.60 requirement

[Derrick Brashear]

On Thu, May 6, 2010 at 7:11 PM, Russ Allbery <rra@stanford.edu> wrote:
> Andrew Deason <adeason@sinenomine.net> writes:
>
>> Running regen.sh can occur on any machine before you build, but it can
>> get a bit annoying if you're used to just pulling from git and building
>> on systems with older autoconf's. This email serves to publicly notify
>> people that this has happened, and to welcome any objections people may
>> have. This probably should have been sent out before we made the move to
>> require 2.60, but when AC_USE_SYSTEM_EXTENSIONS was first added, I
>> didn't realize it was a new autoconf addition. 'Oops'
>
> I did.
>
> I strongly support requiring newer versions of Autoconf rather than using
> inferior probes or reinventing the wheel, particularly when they're
> already nearly four years old. =A0Autoconf is improving significantly in
> ways that require one to maintain far less code in each package. =A0If on=
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> absolutely must do development on a very slow-releasing platform with
> outdated software, Autoconf is trivial to install (assuming that M4 isn't
> so ancient that it can't run Autoconf).

2.60 requires newer than just "not ancient", apparently.

I don't care, but it's worth noting.



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Derrick