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Re: New substitution: top_build_prefix
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Ralf Wildenhues |
Subject: |
Re: New substitution: top_build_prefix |
Date: |
Sat, 17 Nov 2007 09:14:46 +0100 |
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Mutt/1.5.13 (2006-08-11) |
Hello Benoit,
* Benoit Sigoure wrote on Fri, Nov 16, 2007 at 08:09:51PM CET:
> On Nov 15, 2007, at 10:30 PM, Ralf Wildenhues wrote:
> >
> >Another nitty gritty detail: should I leave in the version check >=
> >2.62 in Libtool so that future Autoconf versions will not need to
> >carry around the witness macro baggage?
>
> I don't get it. What's the point of introducing this witness macro
> if it's not to use it in Libtool?
It _is_ used in Libtool, for Autoconf older than 2.62.
> Within 3 or 4 years, a version check will probably be enough, but in
> the mean time, I think we do better use the witness macro.
But the next Libtool release will very likely be in use 3 or 4 years
from now. Putting the safe version check in now means we don't regress
at that point.
Cheers,
Ralf