Re: Need of newer autoconf and libtool

[Dirk Herrmann]

On Thu, 12 Apr 2001, NIIBE Yutaka wrote:

> Forthcoming "Thread Plug-in Support" final patch #7, newer libtool is
> needed (version 1.3d or later).  Because newer libtool has no
> "ltconfig" script any more, we need newer autoconf to generate
> "libtool" script.
> 
> We need newer libtool because we generate libguileqthreads.so which
> is linked to libqthreads.so.  Such thing is not supported by libtool
> 1.3.5 (or younger).
> 
> Can I assume newer libtool and autoconf?  If not, I may postpone
> "Thread Plug-in Support" final patch, but proceed to POSIX Thread
> Support.  Well, I could just send it for your reference, not
> intending the inclusion.
> 
> Opinion?

It seems that 1.3.5 is the latest stable version, while 1.3d is still
alpha (according to the gnu libtool page).  Hmmm...  I don't know what we
should do in this case.

Best regards,
Dirk Herrmann