Re: Moving to Automake 1.4a

[Earnie Boyd]

Akim Demaille wrote:
> 
> >>>>> "Pavel" == Pavel Roskin <address@hidden> writes:
> 
> >> I plan to move the Autoconf package to Automake 1.4a.  Any problem
> >> with that?  I'll also provide patches to adjust Automake to
> >> configure.ac, and likewise for Libtool.
> 
> Pavel> Why not Automake 1.4b?
> Pavel> ftp://sourceware.cygnus.com/pub/automake/automake-1.4b.tar.gz
> 
> Sorry, that's what I meant.  Actually CVS Automake: I want Autoconf to
> use configure.ac, which means we need an Automake which understands
> configure.ac.

IMO, it would be undesirable to have autoconf use a version of automake
that isn't a released version.  When I was learning automake, autoconf,
etc. I went about it by actually using the tools on themselves.  Not
having a released version of automake would have been a stumbling block
as at the time I didn't have a cvs client and wouldn't have known that
it was possible to get the automake source from a CVS server even if I
had a cvs client.

If you do this, please package the source for the version of automake
that you use with the autoconf source.

Cheers,
Earnie.

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