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Re: [PATCH] Fix Autoconf version required by Automake's configure.
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Eric Blake |
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Re: [PATCH] Fix Autoconf version required by Automake's configure. |
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Fri, 30 Apr 2010 09:01:43 -0600 |
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On 04/30/2010 08:56 AM, Stefano Lattarini wrote:
> Hello automakers.
>
> Apparently, Automake configure script tells that automake requires
> autoconf 2.60 or later, but then it checks for autoconf >= 2.62, and
> if it is not found it aborts saying that automake requires configure
> 2.61a-341 or later. The attached patch should fix this.
Your proposed patch delays the check until configure time. I'm
wondering if a better patch would be to make it consistent at autoreconf
time, by making the required version an m4 macro that is literally
substituted into the configure file, rather than a shell variable.
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Eric Blake address@hidden +1-801-349-2682
Libvirt virtualization library http://libvirt.org
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