Re: autoconf version (was: Re: [avrdude-dev] [RFA] #if cleanups)

[Theodore A. Roth]

On Fri, 9 Jul 2004, E. Weddington wrote:

> On 8 Jul 2004 at 10:55, Theodore A. Roth wrote:
>
> > The attached patch cleans up the indented #if directives. There was only
> > one set that couldn't be elimiated in a somewhat trivial way.
> >
> > I can't test that the change in ppiwin.c compiles since I don't have
> > windows access. Can someone please verify for me that it compiles before
> > I commit (assuming no objections)?
> >
> > Any objections to this patch?
>
> I'm trying to build with this patch. I got to the bootstrap.
>
> Is there any particular reason why autoconf 2.57 is required, and 2.59 won't
> work?

It's pain to try to support all versions of autoconf and automake. I
tried it when I first wrote all the configury stuff for avrdude and it
wasn't worth the effort.

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