Re: After upgrade autoconf from 1.13 to 2.57, I experienced some problems - HELP

[Andreas Schwab]

Thomas Dickey <address@hidden> writes:

> On Thu, 7 Dec 2006, Andreas Schwab wrote:
>
>> Thomas Dickey <address@hidden> writes:
>>> In contrast, I can plug current ncurses libraries into a system that's
>>> built with ncurses 5.0, and just assume it'll work.  That's from 1999.
>>
>> That's not a useful comparison.  How many new features have been added to
>> ncurses in the last 6 years?  Also, try compiling the 6 years old code
>
> A lot more than autoconf.  Run a diff and compare.

A diff doesn't say anything.  The NEWS file lists only bug fixes, AFAICS.

>> with a state-of-the-art compiler.
>
> Again, works better than you're insinuating.

Doesn't work.

Andreas.

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