DOC PATCH to releasing.html: makeinfo requirement

Gabriel Dos Reis gdr@integrable-solutions.net
Sun Feb 23 21:11:00 GMT 2003


"Joseph S. Myers" <jsm28@cam.ac.uk> writes:

| On 19 Feb 2003 gcc@integrable-solutions.net wrote:
| 
| > + <li>Required tool chains: 
| > +    <ul>
| > +       <li>Make sure you version of <code>makeinfo</code> is at least 4.1.</li>
| > +    </ul>
| > + </li>
| 
| That's only the version for the 3.2 branch.  For 3.3 and mainline you need
| at least 4.2.
| 
| At present, increasing the required version (when there's a new feature we
| want to use) involves changing configure.in and updating install.texi
| (more than one place).  I'd rather not add another place that repeats the
| required version number - just reference install/build.html for details of
| versions required when building from CVS.

Then propose a scheme that makes it possible to "know" the required
version of makeinfo.  Otherwise, you're just encouraging all sort of chaos.

-- Gaby



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