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Re: bump Autoconf and Libtool versions?
- From: Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf dot Wildenhues at gmx dot de>
- To: Paolo Bonzini <bonzini at gnu dot org>
- Cc: gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org
- Date: Sun, 19 Sep 2010 11:13:40 +0200
- Subject: Re: bump Autoconf and Libtool versions?
- References: <20100919090551.GG5435@gmx.de> <4C95D3C2.7080006@gnu.org>
* Paolo Bonzini wrote on Sun, Sep 19, 2010 at 11:11:30AM CEST:
> On 09/19/2010 11:05 AM, Ralf Wildenhues wrote:
> >any plans to bump Autoconf and Libtool versions used in GCC?
> >I'd like to see 2.68 and 2.4.0 in 4.6 in due course of course
> >(i.e., after both have been released, and before stage 1 ends).
>
> Regarding Libtool, sure. However, we need to ascertain if and how
> the new sysroot functionality affects GCC (in particular if the
> configure options are incompatible).
Of course.
> Regarding Autoconf, I'd rather see a further upstream release before
> upgrading, and also waiting a month after the release. I'm not
> comfortable with forcing GCC contributors to use a release with
> known regressions (though not affecting GCC).
>
> On the other hand, given the above plan I would be okay with
> upgrading Autoconf during early stage 3.
That sounds all very reasonable, thanks.
Cheers,
Ralf