Gerald
On Sun, 6 May 2007, Gerald Pfeifer wrote:
> On Mon, 16 Apr 2007, Andrew Pinski wrote:
>> Even though http://gcc.gnu.org/install/prerequisites.html has not been
>> updated, the toplevel actually uses autoconf 2.59 already and has
>> since 2007-02-09. And how can you say 2.59 is obsolete when 90-99% of
>> the distros ship with that version?
> [...]
> 2007-05-06 Gerald Pfeifer <gerald@pfeifer.com>
>
> * doc/install.texi (Prerequisites): We no longer require Autoconf
> 2.13 for the top-level.
>
> Index: doc/install.texi
> ===================================================================
> --- doc/install.texi (revision 124477)
> +++ doc/install.texi (working copy)
> @@ -324,13 +324,11 @@
>
> @heading Tools/packages necessary for modifying GCC
> @table @asis
> -@item autoconf versions 2.13 and 2.59
> +@item autoconf version 2.59
> @itemx GNU m4 version 1.4 (or later)
>
> Necessary when modifying @file{configure.ac}, @file{aclocal.m4}, etc.@:
> -to regenerate @file{configure} and @file{config.in} files. Most
> -directories require autoconf 2.59 (exactly), but the toplevel
> -still requires autoconf 2.13 (exactly).
> +to regenerate @file{configure} and @file{config.in} files.
>
> @item automake version 1.9.6
>
>
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