Re: Which Perl versions Autoconf needs [PATCH included]

[Paul Eggert]

On 2023-03-30 17:02, Jacob Bachmeyer wrote:
> > If we did that, the guideline would be that Autoconf users can run 
> > with Perl 5.6+ whereas Autoconf developers need 5.10+. This sort of 
> > thing is routine.
>
> This is a possibility.

OK, let's go with that, as it is a more-conservative change from 
Autoconf 2.71. I installed the attached, which is close to what I 
proposed earlier except it leaves help-extract.pl alone (i.e., 
help-extract.pl continues to use Perl 5.10 features) and it adjusts some 
commentary.

0001-Go-back-to-requiring-only-Perl-5.6-for-users.patch
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