Re: Skip all version checks with autoconf?

[Marko Lindqvist]

 Indeed. When considering addition of a new macro call to configure.ac
it often requires a lot of digging (usually from NEWS) to find out if
using that macro is safe with current minimum autoconf version
requirement. It would be really good if the documentation about macros
would say what version of autoconf introduced them, or made an API
change (such as starting to support additional parameters) to them.

 - ML

On Sat, 25 Aug 2018 at 19:11, Nicholas Clark <address@hidden> wrote:
>
> Not saying this is right or wrong, but as an autoconf user - it can be hard
> to know what versions support what features. So if I'm autotoolizing a
> package, I would probably require whatever version I had at the time.
>
> Are there any tools out there that will scan a configure.ac/Makefile.am and
> tell me what versions are compatibile?
>
> -Nick
>
> On Aug 25, 2018 2:39 AM, "Basin Ilya" <address@hidden> wrote:
>
> > For some reason the authors like to require the latest autotools version
> > they have. That's wrong. They should require the lowest supported version.
> >
> >
> > 25.08.2018 10:55, Paul Eggert пишет:
> > > Jeffrey Walton wrote:
> > >> For the love of Christ, stop it with these useless version numbers.
> > >
> > > I've never been a fan of that version-number checking either, but this
> > is no way to advocate change.
> > >
> > > If you want the problem fixed, I suggest that you write a patch to the
> > Autoconf source code that fixes the problem. The patch should fix the
> > documentation too. If you don't have the technical expertise to do all
> > that, you can hire someone who does. In the meantime please bear in mind
> > that this is a volunteer project and we're stretched thin.
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