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Re: notes from gcc summit maintenance BOF


On Jun  2, 2003, DJ Delorie <dj@redhat.com> wrote:

>> The cache format is supposed to be compatible among 2.13 and 2.5x
>> autoconf, and I don't remember having ever had any evidence of the
>> contrary.

> I recall a case where one version put in "no" for an option, where the
> other version only checked blank vs non-blank.  You ended up looking
> for files named "no" or something silly like that.

Oh, yeah, there was this bug in AC_EXEEXT in early autoconf 2.5x
versions.  I believe it's been fixed for a few autoconf releases now.

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