Re: Versioned binaries

[Eric Blake]

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According to NightStrike on 8/19/2009 7:38 PM:
> Currently, the way that I understand it is that automake has versioned
> binaries such that autoreconf will call for instance automake-1.11.
> This makes it very easy to have multiple versions installed.
> 
> Will autoconf ever support this?

If someone ever submits patches for it.  My personal feel is that since
2.60, we have been paying closer attention to maintaining backwards
compatibility (or at least documenting which constructs will work across
multiple autoconf versions), so there isn't that much of a compelling
reason to need multiple versions installed.  Historically, the same can't
be said (the changes between 2.13, 2.50, and 2.59 have indeed caused some
compatibility nightmares).

In automake parlance, the autoconf jump from 2.63 to 2.64 would be like
going from 1.10 to 1.10.1 to 1.10.2 (which are all numbered as
automake-1.10), rather than going from 1.10.2 to 1.11 (where the automake
suffix changes).

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Eric Blake             address@hidden
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