Re: [PATCH 3/7] build: require Automake >= 1.11.6

[Stefano Lattarini]

On 08/31/2012 09:44 AM, Bernhard Voelker wrote:
>
> Sorry, maybe I was a bit angry yesterday, because my git environment
> didn't work anymore. Another problem was README-prereq, because the
> version number of autoconf needed is not 2.62 but at least 2.64
> - from coreutils' point of view ...but automake required even 2.68.
>
No, the latest version 1.12.3 of Automake only requires Autoconf 2.62
in order to work (OTOH, the next major version will start requiring
2.65 or later).  Autoconf 2.69 (not 2.68!) is only required to
*bootstrap* Automake from the git repository, but tou don't need to
do that unless you want to develop automake (or experiment with the
development version for you own reasons -- hopefully not for use in
production code).

> Finally, automake didn't install cleanly because it complained about
> the missing symlink from ~/coreutils/deps/share/aclocal to
> aclocal-1.11, urgh.
>
Yes, a very annoying glitch in the build system for 1.11.x; it has
already been fixed in Automake 1.12 (where it was easily caught by
the presence of a new 'installcheck' target).  Sorry about that.

>
> [SNIP]
> 

> Have a nice day,
> Berny

Regards,
  Stefano