Re: Which Perl versions Autoconf needs [PATCH included]

[Nick Bowler]

On 2023-03-30, Zack Weinberg <zack@owlfolio.org> wrote:
[...]
> Because I don't think anyone else currently active in development has
> either the time or the expertise for it.  (Just as a data point here,
> the oldest version of Perl that I myself have any access to, presently,
> is 5.*16*, and I don't know how long that machine will stay that way.)

FWIW I still use Autoconf (actually, just autom4te/autotest) on machines
with perl 5.8.  These installations do have both Digest::SHA and Time::HiRes
available, though.

Though I am still using Autoconf 2.69 on these systems, as I'm not aware
of any Autotest-related problems that would be fixed by upgrading.

Happy to give new versions a go though.

Cheers,
  Nick