Re: testsuite: work around autoconf 2.63b bug

[Joel E. Denny]

On Fri, 10 Apr 2009, Eric Blake wrote:

> >> Did you want me to also update
> >> the autoconf submodule on branch-2.5 and master?
> > 
> > That would be fine with me.
> 
> Done.

Thanks.

> > I don't know what the update schedule should be for autoconf and gnulib.  

> Sorry, I don't have any recommendations for a best policy here.  Is there
> an autobuilder set up anywhere, that could try updating the submodules on
> a cron job, and if the testsuite still passes, commit the update?

Not that I'm aware of.

> Meanwhile, 'when we remember' is good enough for me.

It's simple and it seems sufficient so far.