Re: FYI: 2.52

[akim]

On Sat, Sep 22, 2001 at 03:49:59PM -0500, Raja R Harinath wrote:
> Akim Demaille <address@hidden> writes:
> 
> > +* Autoconf 2.52 is required.
> 
> Can you clarify that to say
> 
>   * Autoconf 2.52 is required to build Automake.
> 
> Unless, of course, you're planning to put in some changes that require
> Autoconf 2.52 (PATH_SEPARATOR, './config.status --file=foo' instead of
> 'CONFIG_FILES=foo ./config.status', &c.).

Yep, that's the plan.  And the most important is that we plan to use autoconf
--trace for AC_SUBST etc.  Automake should no longer read configure.ac
etc. by itself.  Also, see for instance Tim's posts: we are removing
the 2.13 compatiblity stuff that makes configure more fragile than with
stock 2.52.