Re: time for Autoconf 2.72 (was: On time64 and Large File Support)

[Jim Meyering]

On Fri, Mar 17, 2023 at 6:00 PM Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu> wrote:
> On 3/17/23 16:47, Sam James wrote:
> > Clang 16 was released today. Unfortunately, all released versions of
> > autoconf still generate configure scripts which are incompatible with it.
>
> Presumably "./configure CC='clang -std=gnu17" is a workaround, though
> admittedly this is awkward.
>
> > Is anyone aware of any issues with master as it is? I've been running
> > with it for months.

I used master in releasing grep-3.9 recently, and that has so far
exposed no issue.

> Thanks for the info. I've been too swamped to shepherd a release,
> unfortunately. But we should do one soon.

There are a bunch of pending patches, for which I've been unable to find time.
Can someone see if there's some small/safe set of changes that are essential?
If none (or few/easy), I might have time to make a snapshot soon.

I wouldn't be averse to making a quick release now, and to plan for a
follow-up once people find time for additional patches.