Re: [avrdude-dev] autoconf and friends

[E. Weddington]

On 13 Feb 2003 at 10:19, Theodore A. Roth wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> Before I dig into the autoconfication of avrdude, we need to think
> about what versions to use.
> 
> avr-libc, simulavr and uisp all use the following:
> 
> Autoconf version 2.13
> automake (GNU automake) 1.4-p6 (plus or minus on the patch level
> though)
> 
> Those are getting pretty old. The gnu tools folks (gcc, binutils, gdb,
> etc) have been moving to newer tools (don't remember the exact
> versions off the top of my head though).
> 
> The default tools on my RedHat-8.0 box are autoconf-2.53 and
> automake-1.6.3 (libtool 1.4.2, but I don't think we'll need that since
> we aren't building libs or loadable modules).
> 
> The same tools are available on my debian system.
> 
> How's the availability on FreeBSD and windows?
> 
> At some point we're going to have to move to newer tools on the other
> projects, so it might be less painful to set up avrdude with the newer
> tools from the get go. It would also act as a learning aide to get a
> feel for what it will take to move the other projects from the distant
> past up to nearly the present. ;-)
> 

Sounds great! I'd rather go with new and your reasoning is right on.

cygwin can automatically switch between the old and new versions 
based on the contents of the file.
autoconf 2.57 or 2.13
automake 1.7.2 or 1.4-p5

Eric